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What does the state of Israel require to survive? In previous decades, the Israeli national security and defense establishments had assumed that status quo management was all that it took. Post October 7^th, 2023,  we have come to realize that defensive restraint and geostrategic risk no longer serve Israel’s interests. However, power projection across the Middle East, combined with technological primacy, should be at the core of a new technological golden triangle. Beyond that, the core mission of the Israeli civilization is to adopt a multidimensional approach as a spiritual anchor of not only Judeo-Christian and the Judeo-Islamic identity, which involves, as a first step, articulating a Jewish civilizational national mission. Alongside this, Israel requires a national strategy that integrates deterrence, diplomacy, technology, and economic policy with a military doctrine  that adheres to sustained action against emerging military and national security threats.

A new study aims to jolt Israel’s security and technology establishment into embracing a new post-Oct. 7, 2023, business model that will advance the U.S.-Israel strategic partnership in the heart of the Middle East and across the globe.

The Henry Jackson Society study titled “Israel 2048: A Blueprint for a Rising Asymmetric Geopolitical Power” jumps into the future, with a view toward advancing American and Israeli security interests.

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About our Speakers:

Barak M. Seener is an Associate Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and the founder of Strategic Intelligentsia and the Gulf Futures Forum. Barak has also co-hosted the Geo-Godfather Wars Podcast on geopolitical affairs. Prior to that, Barak was a Global Intelligence Manager at HSBC and the Middle East Fellow at the Royal United Service Institute. Barak has staged the world’s first and highly successful conference in London on Palestinian statehood. He has published a book in 2018 entitled, “Commercial Risks Entering the Iranian Market: Why Sanctions make Investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran a High-Risk Proposition.” Barak has published and provided analysis to Al-Jazeera, BBC, CNN, Chinese CCTV, Fox New, Sky News, Voice of America, and news outlets such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, The Evening Standard, Newsweek, The National Interest, The American Interest, and Jane’s Islamic Affair Analyst.

David Wurmser is the executive and founding member of the Delphi Global Analysis Group, LLC. Dr. Wurmser served as senior advisor to the US National Security Advisor, Ambassador John Bolton, from December 2018 until September 2019.  He has also served from 2003 to 2007 as senior advisor to Vice-President Richard Cheney. Dr. Wurmser is also a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Foreign and Security Affairs in Israel and at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC. His diplomatic positions have included participating in high-level strategic discussions with Israel and Jordan, coordinating with foreign governments on Iran policy, participating with the US negotiating team at several Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meetings and conferences, and helping to negotiate basic rights in key countries, such as Qatar, prior to the 2003 Iraq War. Dr. Wurmser also founded the Middle East Studies Program at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Wurmser published “Tyranny’s Ally: America’s Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein”, (which the New Yorker called “the intellectual framework for President Bush’s freedom strategy in the Middle East.”  He has published over 35 articles in major periodicals, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Commentary. Dr. Wurmser’s military service includes 11 years of intelligence experience in the US Navy Reserves, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander.