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| − | '''Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies''' is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons. In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's [[Likud]] party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "[http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm]", advised the Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were [[Richard Perle]], [[David Wurmser]] and [[Douglas Feith]].{{ref| | + | '''Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies''' is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons. In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's [[Likud]] party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "[http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm]", advised the Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were [[Richard Perle]], [[David Wurmser]] and [[Douglas Feith]].{{ref|1}} |
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*[[Scaife Foundations|Sarah Scaife Foundation]] | *[[Scaife Foundations|Sarah Scaife Foundation]] | ||
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*[[Paul Michael Wihbey]] | *[[Paul Michael Wihbey]] | ||
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| − | *{{note| | + | *{{note|1}} IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm], ([[Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies]] 1996) |
| − | *{{note| | + | *{{note|2}} Mediatransparency.org Website [http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=417 Funders] (accessed on June 26, 2006 |
| − | *{{note| | + | *{{note|3}}IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/staff.htm Staff] (accessed on June 26, 2006) |
Revision as of 14:09, 11 June 2007
Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons. In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's Likud party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm", advised the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were Richard Perle, David Wurmser and Douglas Feith.[1]
Contents
Neocon Nexus
The following neocons have contributed to IASPS publications:
- Richard Perle
- Douglas Feith
- David Wurmser - Director of Research in Strategy and Politics Program (1996)
- Meyrav Wurmser
Funders
Staff
- Robert Loewenberg - President
- Zev Golan - Executive Director, Jerusalem
- Robert Heiler - Executive Director, Washington
- Ophira Kamar - Secretary, Jerusalem
- William R. Van Cleave - Director, Division for Research in Strategy
- David Yerushalmi - Of-Counsel
Contact
Website: http://www.israeleconomy.org
References
- ^ IASPS Website A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, (Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies 1996)
- ^ Mediatransparency.org Website Funders (accessed on June 26, 2006
- ^IASPS Website Staff (accessed on June 26, 2006)
