Introduction Efraim Inbar The Strategic Environment 1 American Foreign Policy towards the Middle East: A Necessary Change? Steven R. David 2 Troubled Neighbours: The EU and Israel Rory Miller 3 China’s Upsurge: Implications for the Middle East Yitzhak Schichor 4 Trends in Middle East Politics and their Implications for Israel Eyal Zisser 5 Global Oil Trends and their Effect on the Middle East Gil Feiler Israel’s Strategic Agenda 6 Public Diplomacy: The Missing Component in Israel’s Foreign Policy Eytan Gilboa 7 Soft Powers Play Hardball: NGOs Wage War against Israel Gerald M. Steinberg 8 Changing Civil –Military Relations in Israel: Towards an Over-subordinate IDF? Stuart A. Cohen 9 Flexible Force Structure: A Flexibility Oriented Force Design and Development Process for Israel Meir Finkel 10 Israel’s Wars of Attrition: Operational and Moral Dilemmas Avi Kober 11 Israel’s Palestinian Challenge Efraim Inbar 12 A Breakout Political–Security Grand-Strategy for Israel Yehezkel Dror
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Efraim Inbar
