Changing Security Environment
MVZ248 Week 11


Threats
Iran
ideology -driven f.p. = destruction of Israel?
Terrorism
Palestinian and Islamic is clear and present danger
Islamic State
anti-Israeli bias
UN and within E.U.

Foretelling
“Coalition of the willing”
Backdoor channels with Arab/ Gulf states
Threat perceptions
Hezbollah = Gulf states declared them terror group
Missiles and missile defense (S.A. in Yemen)
Resources and Capabilities create a common strategy to counter, defend, defeat shared enemies.

Options
Not the Middle East of 1950
Israel has changed
No longer scrappy. It is regional superpower and tech. giant
Arab states have changed
Recognize that Israel is going to survive (69 years)
U.S.A. has changed
Primacy is openly challenged
Relationship with Israel is no-long ONLY option and vise versa