Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 10/2009

The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment

Michael Herzog

May 2009

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

In keynote remarks made at The Washington Institute's 2009 Soref Symposium, Michael Herzog discussed the Israeli perspective on growing security challenges in the Middle East, with particular focus on the Iranian threat. Michael Herzog, a brigadier general in the Israel Defense Forces, currently serves as chief of staff to the Israeli minister of defense. A former visiting fellow at The Washington Institute, he is the author of the Washington Institute Policy Focus Iranian Public Opinion on the Nuclear Program: A Potential Asset for the International Community (2006).