Know Thy Enemy (or an Approximation Thereof)
On Monday, January 22, I gave this address to the Herzliya Conference, an annual Israeli gathering for high-level soul-searching. The title of the panel (not of my choosing): “Knowing Thy Enemy:...
View ArticleMemo from Gulfistan
Martin Kramer made these remarks at the 8th Herzliya Conference on January 21. Lately it has been said that the Arabs are in a panic over the growing power of Iran. We are told that Arab rulers so fear...
View ArticleSuperfluous young men
You get six minutes at the Herzliya Conference to say something memorable (and there is a clock ticking away at your feet, facing the audience). So I made a memorable argument for the role of...
View ArticleSmear intifada
Electronic Intifada, a death-to-Israel website run by Ali Abunimah (pictured right), says that in my Herzliya Conference speech, which I posted two weeks ago, I “called for ‘the West’ to take measures...
View ArticleMiddle East scenarios (well, not really…)
On January 30, I made this presentation to a Herzliya Conference panel entitled “Short-Term Scenarios for the Middle East” (short-term being defined as the next three years). I didn’t actually present...
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