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Event

In the Beginning: The Development of Israel's Nuclear Strategy

Tue, February 6th, 2001

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Speaker: Dr. Avner Cohen, senior research fellow, National Security Archive at George Washington University. Dr. Cohen author of Israel and the Bomb, Columbia University Press, 1998.

Dr. Cohen spoke about the political and security factors behind Israel's decision to develop a nuclear weapons capability, and traced the development of Israel's strategy of nuclear opacity.

The session was off-the-record.

Israel

Event Speaker

Anders Aslund
Former Senior Associate, Director, Russian and Eurasian Program
Anders Aslund

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

Event Speaker

Anders Aslund

Former Senior Associate, Director, Russian and Eurasian Program

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