The fall of dictators. The rise of the people. Government by popular consent and direction. These are the hopes of the Arab Spring. Positive outcomes by most accounts. Yet at least one country is worried: Israel.Today we will try to determine what the Arab Spring truly means for Israel. First by looking at the current security situation for Israel, then at its relations with its specific neighbors and finally at how Israel can work within the Arab Spring to secure itself.
- Shen Yamei, Assistant researcher from China Institute of International Studies.
- James Gelvin, Professor in the Department of History at University of California, Los Angels and Author of: Israel Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War.
- Lenore G. Martin, the Louise Doherty Wyant Professor and Professor of Political Science at Emmanuel College; an Associate, at Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University; and Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.
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