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'''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.<ref>[http://www.meforum.org/experts.php]</ref> He is also a contributing expert with the [[Ariel Center for Policy Research]].
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==Pushing for action against Iran==
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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:
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: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.
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He concluded by saying:
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:...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.<ref>[http://www.fightingterror.org/pdfs/BermanHASCTestimony.pdf]</ref>
  
 
==Afflitiations==
 
==Afflitiations==
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*[[American Foreign Policy Council]] - Vice President
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*[[Ariel Center for Policy Research]] - Contributing Expert
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]]
 
*[[Committee on the Present Danger]]
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*[[Eurasia Program]] - Director
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*[[Iran Freedom Initiative]] - Director
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*[[JINSA]] - editor of its flagship publication the [[Journal of International Security Affairs]]
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*[[Middle East Forum]]
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Berman serves as an editor for the following publications:
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*[[Eurasia Security Watch]]
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*[[Iran Democracy Monitor]]
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*[[Journal of International Security Affairs]]
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*[[Missile Defense Briefing Report]]
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==Contact, References and Resources==
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===Contact===
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:Tel: 202-543-1006
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:Fax: 202-543-1007
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:Email: berman@afpc.org
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===Resources===
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====Publications====
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*''Partnership in Transition: US-Israel Strategic Cooperation Beyond the Cold War'', (Washington, DC: [[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]], 2000).
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*''Tehran Rising: Iran's Challenge to the United States''(Rowman & Littlefield, 2005)
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*''Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) - co-edited with J. Michael Waller
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===References===
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 28 November 2014

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.

Pushing for action against Iran

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

Berman serves as an editor for the following publications:

Contact, References and Resources

Contact

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

Resources

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

References