Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies
Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) was launched in 2006 at the Shalem Center, an influential Israeli policy institute based in Jerusalem.
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Activities
It was dedicated to examining "some of the most profound questions facing the Jewish state" which in its own words include:
- how to advance freedom and democracy in the Middle East;
- a re-examination of international law in the light of new forms of warfare and terrorism;
- the establishment of a credible deterrent against guerilla and terror organizations and the states that sponsor them;
- planning for the likely impact of political and social change on the future map of the Middle East;
- the meaning of "stability" in a time of changing strategic realities;
- the appropriate response to weapons of mass destruction;
- the question of how Israel's Arab citizens can most effectively integrate into a Jewish state;
- and the strengthening of Israel's relations with the United States.[1]
Events
Democracy and Security Conference
The institute was one of the organisers of the Democracy & Security International Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, in June 2007[2] an event was dubbed the 'Neoconservative International' by one commentator. George W Bush addressed the conference, attended by Martin Kramer, Natan Sharansky and Ronald Lauder amongst others.
Eighth Herzliya Conference
The institute co-organised the Eighth Herzliya Conference in January 2008 on the theme of 'The Balance of Israel's National Security.' The conference opened in Jerusalem reportedly at the request of Natan Sharansky[3] As well as Sharansky, figures from the Adelson Institute or Shalem Center to speak at the conference included Michael Oren, Eliat Mazar, Martin Kramer and Moshe Ya'alon, the latter presenting "a policy paper outlining the institute's alternative to a two-state solution".[4]
People
- Natan Sharansky - Institute Chairman and Distinguished Fellow, till June 2009 when he left to join the Jewish Agency for Israel after being elected Chairman of the Executive
- Moshe Ya'alon - Distinguished Fellow
- Martin Kramer - Senior Fellow
- Yossi Klein Halevi - Senior Fellow
- Ehud Ya’ari - Senior Fellow
- Yagil Henkin - Associate Fellow
Funding
In May 2005 the Las Vegas-based Adelson Family Foundation announced that the Shalem Center was to receive a $4.5 million grant to enable the creation of the Adelson Institute.[5][6]
Affiliations
- Democracy & Security International Conference
- Herzliya Conference (2008) - co-organizing partner
Contact
References
- ↑ AISS Profile
- ↑ About the Organisers, Democracy and Security, accessed June 15 2012
- ↑ Shalem's Adelson Institute to Partner With Annual Herzliya Conference, Shalem Center, accessed June 16 2012
- ↑ Shalem's Adelson Institute to Partner With Annual Herzliya Conference, Shalem Center, accessed June 16 2012
- ↑ Foundation Centre Adelson Family Foundation Awards $4.5 Million to Shalem Center in Jerusalem Posted on May 3, 2007, accessed 21 August 2009
- ↑ Shalem Center $4.5 Million Gift Establishes Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies at the Shalem Center May 2007 | Iyar 5767
