Israel’s Foreign Policy – Processes (2016)

Contributor(s): Uri Bialer, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Visiting Professor at the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Topics(s): International Relations, Politics
Date: January 1, 2016

This SIIS faculty syllabus explores the processes of developing foreign policy interests in the State of Israel. Special attention is paid to Israel’s diplomatic history and how critical national security decisions are made.

Essential Reading

Israel & the World after 40 Years, pp. 131-180

(Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey Press)

ASIN: B000OMNKFQ

Aharon Klieman, Statecraft in the Dark: Israel’s Practice of Quiet Diplomacy, pp. 36-83, (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1988), ISBN/ISSN: 0813307171

MAPS: Population distribution, Land ownership, Borders

Recommended Reading

Yehuda Ben Meir, National Security Decision Making: The Israeli Case (Westview Press 1986) pp. 65-136 ISBN/ISSN: 0813304598

Chuck Freilich, “National Security Decision Making in Israel: Processes, Strengths and Pathologies, Middle East Journal, vol 60 no 4 (Oct 2006) pp. 635-663.

Background Reading

Click Here for Background Reading on Processes and Diplomatic Record

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