A Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies conference on Monday, March 18, 2013 (2:00-6:00 pm in the Feldman Conference Center, Building 301, Bar-Ilan University), focusing on the implications of the “Arab Spring” for Israeli policy-making.
The conference marks the publication of the BESA Center’s new book, An Arab Spring? Israel, the World and the Changing Region (published by Yediot Ahronot Books). The eight book chapter authors will present their finding and policy prescriptions for Israel’s new government, as detailed below.
Please note that this conference will be conducted in Hebrew, with simultaneous English translation available.
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Security and Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Israeli Government
2:00 pm
Greetings
Mr. Dov Eichenwald, CEO, Yediot Ahronot Books
The Strategic Environment
Chair: Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA Center
Prof. Gabriel Ben-Dor, Haifa University, Democratization Processes in the Middle East
Prof. Hillel Frisch, BESA Center, The Arab Spring and the Balance of Powers in the Region
Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA Center and CIC, The United States and the Arab Spring
Dr. Gil Feiler, BESA Center, The Economic Situation in the Arab World
3:45 pm
The Challenges
Chair: Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA Center and CIC
Dr. Boaz Ganor, IDC Herzliya, The Terror Challenge
Prof. Alexander Bligh, Ariel University, The Lack of a Palestinian Response to the Arab Spring
Prof. Shmuel Sandler, BESA Center, Internal Politics and Foreign Policy
Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA Center, Israeli Security in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
5:30 pm
Keynote Address
Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh, Outgoing IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Israel’s Security Challenges