Join the Middle East Institute (MEI) for a timely discussion on Israel’s strategic calculus as the conflict with Iran widens and Israeli forces advance into southern Lebanon. How does Israel see the conflict with Iran unfolding following the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? What would constitute ideal or acceptable outcomes for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?
The conversation will feature MEI Senior Fellow Natan Sachs and Chuck Freilich, former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser. They will examine Israeli strategic thinking, national security concerns, and the possibility of regional escalation. The discussion will be moderated by MEI Vice President for Policy Ken Pollack.
Speakers
Dr. Natan Sachs is a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. His research and commentary on US foreign policy, Israeli foreign policy and domestic politics, and Middle East affairs have been widely published and frequently quoted in outlets such as The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, BBC, PBS, NPR, Yediot Aharonot, and Haaretz.
Chuck Freilich is a former Deputy National Security Advisor in Israel and Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, teaching political science at Columbia and Tel Aviv University. He is the author of three books about Israel: Israel’s national security strategy, how Israel makes national security policy, and its national cyber strategy, as well as numerous academic articles, policy studies and op-eds.
Dr. Kenneth M. Pollack (Moderator) is Vice President for Policy at the Middle East Institute. Dr. Pollack began his career as a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA and served twice on the National Security Council, first as Director for Near East and South Asian affairs and then as Director for Persian Gulf affairs.
