Dec 10 2008
Prof. Chuck Freilich
Expert on the Middle East and Former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser
Professor Chuck Freilich is a highly respected specialist on the Middle East. As co-director of a Middle Eastern affairs consultancy, his primary areas of expertise are US-Mid East policy and Israeli national security policy. He teaches political science at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities and is also a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School, where he is writing a book on Israeli national security decision making.
“A revitalized U.S.-Israel strategic dialogue is more vital than ever”
Professor Freilich was Israeli’s Deputy National Security Adviser and a Senior Analyst at the Israel Ministry of Defense, focusing on strategic affairs. He was Policy Advisor to a cabinet minister and a Delegate at the Israeli Mission to the UN. He was also the Executive Director of two non profit organizations and served in the Israel Defense Forces for five years (reserve major). Prof. Freilich earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. [/expand]
Few are better positioned to talk in depth about the current state of the political and economic situation in the Middle East than Chuck Freilich. With a wealth of hands on experience he offers an insider’s perspective to businesses, not only of US/Middle East relations but also of the opportunities that will present themselves to the region in the future.[/expand]
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Topics
An Insider’s Perspective on the Middle East:
Economic and Business Threats and Opportunities in the Middle East
The War in Iraq and Ramifications for US, European and Israeli National Security
Middle East Business Relations
US Policy Challenges in the Middle East: A Looming US/EU Confrontation?
The Peace Process
Published Articles
2006
National Security Decision Making in Israel: Processes and Pathologies, Middle East Journal
Hezbollah in Lebanon: The War Was Not Supposed to End This Way, Jerusalem Viewpoints
Confronting Iran: A US Security Guarantee for Israel? BitterLemons-International.org, Middle East Roundtable 4
The Pentagon’s Revenge or Strategic Transformation: The Bush Administration’s New Security Strategy, Strategic Assessment
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