Chuck Freilich
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Website
https://www.belfercenter.org/person/chuck-freilich
Bio
Prof. Chuck Freilich was a deputy national security advisor in Israel. He is now a senior fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and teaches political science at Harvard, Columbia and Tel Aviv Universities. He is the author of three books: Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy; Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change – the only public proposal ever for an Israeli national security strategy; and Israel and the Cyber Threat. He has also published numerous academic articles and some 150 op-eds in the NY Times, Haaretz and other papers on a variety of Middle Eastern issues. Prof. Freilich regularly offers commentary on a range of global news outlets including CNN, NBC and NPR. After making aliyah as a teenager, Prof. Freilich served as a delegate at the Israeli Mission to the UN, policy advisor to a cabinet minister, senior analyst at the Israel Ministry of Defense, and finally as a deputy national security advisor.
Topics
Science, Technology & Innovation
US-Israel Relations
Israel Economy
Middle Eastern Relations
Popular Speeches
Israel’s National Security Strategy and Nuclear Capabilities
Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change - my book, Oxford Press, 2018
From Ben-Gurion to Bibi: Seven Decades of Israeli National Security Strategy
Israel’s Purported Nuclear Capabilities: Unwrapping a Mystery Inside an Enigma
CyberIsrael and the Cyber Threat; How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power - subject of my forthcoming book, 2019
Iran
From Stuxnet to the Nuclear Archive: US-Israeli Efforts to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program
"Never Again" – the Iranian Nuclear Threat and How to Stop It
Hamas and Hezbollah
“Attrition Until Destruction”: Hezbollah’s and Hamas’ Strategy and Israel’s Response
Peace Process
Is a Two-State Solution Still Viable?
How to Achieve a Two-State a Solution: All the Issues in 45 Minutes
Delegitimization/BDS Campaign
Diplomatic Warfare, Delegitimization and BDS; the Challenge and How to Fight Back
US-Israeli Relations
Aipac, JStreet and JDate: The Future of the US-Israeli Relationship
Clouds on the Horizon: the Future of the US-Israeli “Special Relationship”
The Middle East
The Changing Middle East: Ramifications for Israel, the US and Region
Why the Middle East Erupted – and Why it Will Continue to Do So
Israeli National Security Decision-Making Processes
How Israel Makes National Security Policy – subject of my book (Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy, Cornell Press 2012)
Israel’s National Security Council: from Bureaucratic Obscurity to Center Stage
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