Difference between revisions of "David Wurmser"
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| + | '''David Wurmser''' is a [[neocon]] ideologue who advises [[Dick Cheney]] on the Middle East adviser. In 1996 he co-authored 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]", was published by the [[Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies]]. It 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. Other contributors to the report included Richard Perle and Douglas Feith.{{ref|cb}} | ||
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Wurmser's Israeli-born wife [[Meyrav Wurmser]] is the co-founder of [[MEMRI]]. | Wurmser's Israeli-born wife [[Meyrav Wurmser]] is the co-founder of [[MEMRI]]. | ||
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*[[American Enterprise Institute]] | *[[American Enterprise Institute]] | ||
*[[Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies]] (Jerusalem) - Director of Research in Strategy and Politics Program (1996) | *[[Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies]] (Jerusalem) - Director of Research in Strategy and Politics Program (1996) | ||
| + | *[[Middle East Forum]] - Member, Lebanon Study Group | ||
*[[United States Committee for a Free Lebanon]] | *[[United States Committee for a Free Lebanon]] | ||
*[[United States Institute of Peace]] - Project Officer (1988-94) | *[[United States Institute of Peace]] - Project Officer (1988-94) | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | *{{note|his}}Brian Whittaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy], ''The Guardian'', August 19, 2002 | + | *{{note|his}} Brian Whittaker, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy], ''The Guardian'', August 19, 2002 |
| + | *{{note|cb}} [http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm], ([[Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies]] 1996) | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 25 June 2006
David Wurmser is a neocon ideologue who advises Dick Cheney on the Middle East adviser. In 1996 he co-authored 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", was published by the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies. It 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. Other contributors to the report included Richard Perle and Douglas Feith.[1]
Wurmser's Israeli-born wife Meyrav Wurmser is the co-founder of MEMRI.
Affiliations
- American Enterprise Institute
- Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies (Jerusalem) - Director of Research in Strategy and Politics Program (1996)
- Middle East Forum - Member, Lebanon Study Group
- United States Committee for a Free Lebanon
- United States Institute of Peace - Project Officer (1988-94)
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy - Director of Institutional Grants (1994-96)[2]
References
- ^ Brian Whittaker, US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy, The Guardian, August 19, 2002
- ^ A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm, (Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies 1996)
