Congress
Details
Sunday, November 16th
19:00
Greetings
Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Dean, The Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University
Arie Kacowicz, Director, The Leonard Davis Institute
Dr. h.c. Johannes Gerster, Representative of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Israel
Martin van Creveld, The Hebrew University
19:15
Keynote Speaker
Maj. Gen. Giora Eiland, Head of Planning Branch, Israel Defense Forces
Monday, November 17th
10:30
General Perspectives
Chair: Alon Kadish, The Hebrew University
Rethinking Notions of Territorial Security in an Era of Globalization
David Newman, Ben-Gurion University
The Israeli Defense Doctrine Before 1967
Gabi Ben-Dor, University of Haifa
Past and Future Security Arrangements: Some Legal Aspects
Ruth Lapidoth, College of Management, School of Law
14:30
Security After a Withdrawal
Chair: Uri Bialer, The Hebrew University
Who Needs the Territories?
Martin van Creveld, The Hebrew University
Comprehensive Security: International and External Threats
Mark Heller, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University
16:15
Future Threats
Chair: Yair Evron, Tel-Aviv University
Nuclear Deterrence Along the 67 Borders
Shai Feldman, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University
Conventional Deterrence
Shlomo Brom, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University
Tuesday, November 18th
9:30
Regional Dimensions
Chair: David Newman, Ben-Gurion University
Redefining the "Arab Threat"
Avraham Sela, The Hebrew University
Israel, The Arabs and the Rethinking Security
Asher Susser, The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel-Aviv University
11:15
International Dimensions
Chair: Martin van Creveld, The Hebrew University
The U.S., the Middle East, and Israel
Edward Luttwak, Center for Strategic ans International Studies, Washington D.C.
Europe in the Middle East,
Francois Heisbourg, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique
14:00
Roundtable Discussion: Broader Implications of a Withdrawal
Chair: Arie Kacowicz, The Hebrew University
Shlomo Avineri,The Hebrew University
Asa Kasher, Tel-Aviv University
M.K. Yuli Tamir, Tel-Aviv University
Tzipi Livni, Minister of Immigrant Absorption
Entrance only with invitation and appropriate identification.
No weaponry is permitted on campus.
The conference will be broadcast live on the institute's site.
