Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change

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Charles D. Freilich (Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)

Israeli National Security

A New Strategy for an Era of Change

Charles D. Freilich (Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)

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Oxford University Press Inc
26 April 2018

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Police & security services; Politics & government; Warfare & defence; Security services

National security has been at the forefront of the Israeli experience for seven decades, with threats ranging from terrorism, to vast rocket and missile arsenals, and even existential nuclear dangers. Yet, despite its overwhelming preoccupation with foreign and defense affairs, Israel does not have a formal national security strategy. In Israeli National Security, Chuck Freilich presents an authoritative analysis of the military, diplomatic, demographic, and societal challenges Israel faces today, to propose a comprehensive and long-term Israeli national security strategy. The heart of the new strategy places greater emphasis on restraint, defense, and diplomacy as means of addressing the challenges Israel faces, along with the military capacity to deter and, if necessary, defeat Israel's adversaries, while also maintaining the resolve of its society. By bringing Israel's most critical debates about the Palestinians, demography, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, US relations and nuclear strategy into sharp focus, the strategy Freilich proposes addresses the primary challenges Israel must address in order to chart its national course.

The most comprehensive study of Israel's national security to date, this book presents the first public proposal for a comprehensive Israeli national security strategy and prescribes an actionable course forward.

By: Charles D. Freilich (Senior Fellow International Security Program Senior Fellow International Security Program Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 236mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780190602932
ISBN 10: 0190602937
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 26 April 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Foreword and Acknowledgements Acronyms Major Wars and Military Operations List of Maps, Tables, Figures Part I Introduction 1. Israel's Classic Defense Doctrine Part II: A Strategic Environment Transformed 2. Israel's New Strategic Setting 3. The Changing Military Threat 4. Non-Military Threats 5. Israeli Society and National Security Part III: Israel's Strategic Response 6. The Classic Military Response in Perspective 7. The Military Response Today 8. Nuclear and Regional Arms Control Policy 9. The Foreign Policy Response 10. The ""Special Relationship"" Part IV: A National Security Strategy for an Era of Change 11. Primary Conclusions 12. Policy Recommendations Appendix List of Interviews Bibliography Notes Index"

Charles D. Freilich, a former Israeli deputy national security adviser, is a senior fellow at Harvard's Belfer Center, specializing in Israeli national security strategy, US-Middle East policy, and Middle Eastern affairs. He teaches political science at Harvard, NYU, and the Herzliya Inter-Disciplinary Center. He is also the author of Zion's Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy.

Reviews for Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change

A limited review such as this one, of course, cannot do justice to the extraordinary scope and sophistication of Freilich's treatise. Suffice it to say that his book undoubtedly offers the finest, most nuanced and incisive description and analysis of Israel's national security experience, historical and contemporary alike, compiled to date. * David Rodman, ISRAEL AFFAIRS * For a more holistic analysis of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, I highly recommend Charles D. Freilich's April 2018 Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change . * Daniel J Levy, Jewish News *