Speaker: Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program

The speaker,  a former deputy national security adviser in Israel, author of Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change (2018), will discuss the ramifications of Israel's elections for Israel itself, the United States, and the Middle East. Among the issues addressed: the future of the peace process, the Iran nuclear issue and Iranian challenge generally, the potential for conflict with Hezbollah and Hamas, U.S.-Israeli relations, and the elections' domestic ramifications.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

The Intelligence Project will host a lunch seminar with Dr. Charles Freilich in One Brattle 350.

Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP below.

Please join us for a reception to celebrate the publication of Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change (Oxford University Press, 2018) by International Security Program Senior Fellow Chuck Freilich.

Refreshments provided. No need to RSVP.

The central thesis of this seminar is that the nature of Israel's external environment, of the military threats it faces, and of its society have all changed significantly and that a commensurate change is required in its national security strategy. The speaker will present a proposal for a comprehensive new national security strategy.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

The news released April 2nd about a framework agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 heralds an important success in the diplomatic process to prevent Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon. However, many questions about the deal's parameters, implementation and effects. This seminar will explore these questions and others relating to the announcement of the framework agreement.

This seminar will be open to Harvard students, staff, and faculty only, and will require an RSVP.

Senior Fellow Charles Freilich will discuss his recent book, Zion's Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy (Cornell University Press, 2012), a first of its kind portrayal of Israel's national security decision-making processes.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Three years after the war in Iraq, the Middle East is a region in a state of flux, stemming largely from U.S. policy.