Ilan Berman

Ilan Berman is an Adjunct Professor at the American University School of International Service, he trades in the "Iran threat". He is the author of Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States. He is the vice president for Policy, American Foreign Policy Council and is listed as an "expert" on the right-wing Zionist Middle East Forum's website.[1] He is also a contributing expert with the Ariel Center for Policy Research.

In a testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services Berman used a dubious Israeli source to push for action against Iran:

This past December, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, the chief of staff of the Israeli defense forces, told a Knesset parliamentary committee that Iran will reach the “point of no return” in acquiring the knowledge to build a nuclear weapon by March 2006.

He concluded by saying:

...the goal of the United States should not simply be to contain and deter a nuclear Iran. It should also be to create the necessary conditions for a fundamental political transformation within its borders, through forceful public diplomacy, economic assistance to opposition elements, international pressure and covert action.[2]

Afflitiations

• American Foreign Policy Council - Vice President
• Ariel Center for Policy Research - Contributing Expert
• Committee on the Present Danger
• Eurasia Program - Director
• Iran Freedom Initiative - Director
• Middle East Forum

Publications

• Partnership in Transition: US-Israel Strategic Cooperation Beyond the Cold War, (Washington, DC: Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, 2000).
• Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States(Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
• Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) - co-edited with J. Michael Waller

Berman serves as an editor for the following publications:

• Eurasia Security Watch
• Iran Democracy Monitor
• Journal of International Security Affairs
• Missile Defense Briefing Report

Contact

Tel: 202-543-1006 Fax: 202-543-1007 Email: berman@afpc.org