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Glen Segell

Glen Segell is a Researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv, a Lecturer at Bar Ilan University, and a Senior Researcher for Ariel Research Center for Defense and Communication at Ariel University… [More]. [Less]

May 18, 2013
8:20 pm

Phew its Pew or Pooh.

It is an exciting moment when your gut feeling is confirmed by a Pew Poll. The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about......

May 12, 2013
4:55 am

Supplementing Gunboat Diplomacy against Iran

It was in the Spring of 2013 that 41 countries dispatched 35 ships, 18 unmanned underwater vehicles and more than 100 Explosive Ordinance Disposal divers to the Arabian /......

May 5, 2013
9:42 am

Monologue or dialog?

The last week has seen a surge of Middle East news; much of which has been ignored; because the world coexists in a monologue and not a dialog. The......

April 27, 2013
8:55 pm

All options on the table

I went to work last Tuesday, and found that the parking lot was occupied by a large marquis; the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) was holding its annual......

April 22, 2013
6:05 am

Clear and Present Danger

Today is the tenth anniversary of my arrival in Iraq to direct the information warfare operation. I feel down-to-earth even down-trodden about Iraq especially after last Saturday’s provincial elections;......

April 17, 2013
5:55 pm

When it Rains it Pours

The mayhem that descended on Boston following the bombing of the marathon left a world gawking in shock and disbelief. The images captured and transmitted over TV and the......

April 14, 2013
10:16 am

Shoot a bullet with a bullet

The success of the Iron Dome in the last Gaza escapade of November 2012 has given hope to fulfill the decade's long dream of defending against the indefensible;......

April 11, 2013
10:34 am

Staying the Course

The world's attention is fixated on North Korea; complacent of Syria; and only vaguely cognizant of Libya that teeters perilously on the brink of anarchy. Israel heeds these cases......

April 7, 2013
10:22 am

Déjà Vu Iran

Once again two days of talks between Iran and the P5+1 world powers have ended without agreement. It is clear that the positions remain far apart on the substance.......

April 2, 2013
7:53 am

Israel and the Foreign Forces

It would be natural to assume that the United States would be the focus of such a title. However, the United Nations Blue Berets is the germane......

March 20, 2013
7:41 am

Two Years on the Road to Damascus

What will the President accomplish on his visit has been on the lips of Israeli’s for weeks while on the lips of Syrians has been the question;......

March 17, 2013
8:13 am

Terminate Terror

Violence is physical and terror is psychological. The experience of adversarial violence against Israel has abated in part because of the success of Israel’s security forces in defense, deterrence......

March 14, 2013
1:51 pm

Intelligence is the Solution, General Gantz.

Earlier this week I sat in a large audience attentive to Lt. General Benny Gantz, Chief of the IDF General Staff. It was not what he said but what......

March 10, 2013
7:34 am

Iran and the Nuclear Suppliers

Confusion reigns when contemplating the Iranian nuclear issue. President Obama tells us that all options are on the table led by diplomacy. On the other hand one option has......

March 2, 2013
9:28 pm

The Significance of Egyptian Civil-Military Relations for Israel.

The approaching Pesach recalls that Israel was intractably linked to domestic Egyptian politics until divine intervention. Thousands of years later Egyptian domestic politics continues to impact on Israeli’s national......

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