Posted in Diplomacy, Harvey Sicherman, Israel, Jon Alterman, Syria, Turkey on May 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
From Jon Alterman It would be nice to think that Israeli-Syrian negotiations represent a key strategic advance. While I wouldn’t rule out such an advance in the future, this all has the whiff of tactical advantage to me.
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Alan Dowty, Barry Rubin, Harvey Sicherman, Iran, Israel, Nuclear on Apr 14th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Alan Dowty So the focus shifts to deterrence. Both Charles Krauthammer (here) and Zev Chafets (here) hold out little hope for international efforts to block Iran getting the bomb, or for military action to that end (though Chafets suggests that Israel might be able “in the best case” to weaken and delay Iran’s program). […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Alan Dowty, Charles Hill, Chuck Freilich, Harvey Sicherman, Israel, Robert Satloff on Feb 19th, 2008 5 Comments »
From Adam Garfinkle In the latest issue of The American Interest, March/April 2008, Itamar Rabinovich, the former Israeli ambassador to the United States, former president of Tel Aviv University, former head of the Dayan Center, current visiting professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and a member of the The American Interest editorial board, […]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Harvey Sicherman, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Palestinians on Feb 5th, 2008 Comments Off on Civilians: shields and targets
From Harvey Sicherman The Winograd Report has confirmed what I heard on a trip to Israel in August 2006, namely, that an inexperienced Israeli cabinet sought the rewards of a combined arms (air-ground) operation at the risk of an air raid. When this proved inadequate to the rhetoric of victory, the same group bungled the […]
Posts+Comments
Posts+Comments
Posts+Comments
Posts+Comments