Israeli National Security Policy: Lunch with Dr. Freilich

Israeli National Security Policy: Lunch with Dr. Freilich - March 28th, 2008

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Baker Building Room 104

There is a cap of twenty people attending this lunch, please RSVP to reserve your spot by emailing bisf.rice.edu. Thanks! Dr. Chuck Freilich was Israel's Deputy National Security Adviser for Foreign Affairs. Now a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center's International Security Program, Chuck's primary areas of expertise are U.S. Middle East policy and Israeli national security policy. He is currently writing a book on Israeli national security decision-making processes and teaches Political Science at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities. He also co-directs a Middle Eastern affairs consultancy. Chuck was a Senior Analyst at the Israel Ministry of Defense, focusing on strategic affairs, Policy Advisor to a cabinet minister, and a Delegate at the Israeli Mission to the United Nations. He has been the Executive Director of two nonprofit organizations, Israel's Zahavi Association, dealing with lobbying, educational, and consumer programs on behalf of underprivileged families, and the Golda Meir Association in the United States. He served in the Israel Defense Forces for five years and is a reserve major. Chuck earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University, writing his dissertation on "Realism and Messianism; National Security Decision Making in Israel".

This information was last updated on March 18th, 2008 at 6:24pm.