Barak M Seener
Barak M. Seener is the Middle East section director of the Henry Jackson Society and a researcher at the Institute for Counter Terrorism.[1] according to a CV on gulfoilandgas.com, he is also a "Consultant for the Israel Defense Forces public relations and President's office".[2]
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Education
Seener holds a B.A. in History and Politics from Queen Mary, University of London and a Masters from Birkbeck College, University of London in International Security and Global Governance. He has also spent a number of years in Israel studying Talmudic Law and Philosophy.[3]
Career
Seener is a former researcher for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.[4]
Seener is a former research fellow at Policy Exchange and "was responsible for the lectures by former US Undersecretary of Defense Dov Zakheim and other DC analysts such as Patrick Clawson and Joshua Muravchik, along with round-table discussions with a number of embassy officials."[5]
Views
On Britain and Israel
- British Jews should have strategized a whole program to promote Israel and reconcile Israel's national-security interests with those of Britain, the way American Jews do. But this is something British Jewry has never done. It has never thought in terms of national security. Instead, it does some poor hasbara [public relations] for Israel. But it shouldn't be engaging in hasbara for Israel per se. It should be conveying that Israel is the bulwark against radical Islamism for Europe at large, and that if Israel's security is undermined, so is that of Europe. If Britain moves away from America's sphere of influence and towards that of the EU, there's no guarantee that it will be pro-Israel. [6]
Affiliations
- Henry Jackson Society - Section Director, Middle East.
- Institute for Counter Terrorism
- Washington Institute for Near East Policy
- American Jewish Congress
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs - Contributor
Publications
Articles
- Unfinished Business: Reflections on U.S. policy, international affairs and the limitations of the Bush administration, Interview with Richard Perle, Henry Jackson Society, 2007, accessed 13 April 2009.</ref>
- Israeli Arabs between Palestinianization and Islamism, Jerusalem Viewpoints, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 January 2008.</ref>
External Resources
- Ruthie Blum Leibowitz One on One: Desperately seeking democracy, Jerusalem Post, 21 May 2008.
Notes
- ↑ Barak M. Seener, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Policy analyst, consultant and project planner, gulfoilandgas.com, accessed 14 April 2009.
- ↑ Barak M. Seener, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Barak M. Seener, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Barak M. Seener, Henry Jackson Society, accessed 13 April 2009.
- ↑ Ruthie Blum Leibowitz [One on One: Desperately seeking democracy, Jerusalem Post, 21 May 2008.
