US-Israel Relations
in the Era of Obama and
Netanyahu
International Conference
September 14, 2009
at the Yeshiva University Schottenstein Cultural Center
239 East 34th Street, New York City
Co-sponsored by the
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University
and the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University
The conference is free and open to the public
by advance online reservation
or call 212-960-0189 to reserve a place.
Seating is limited.
9:00 – 10:45
The New Administrations in the United States and Israel
Chair: Dr. Thomas O. Hecht, Chairman of the International Advisory Board, BESA Center
Prof. Robert Lieber, Georgetown U, The Obama Middle East Policy
Prof. Shmuel Sandler, BESA Center, Netanyahu’s Foreign Policy
Prof. Stephanie Neuman, Columbia U, Sovereignty and Military Assistance in a Unipolar System
11:00 – 12:30
The Arab-Israeli Arena
Chair: Prof. Elizabeth Radziszewski, Yeshiva U
Prof. Hillel Frisch, BESA Center, Israel, the Muslim Cold War and the Peace Process
Prof. Robert O. Freedman, Johns Hopkins U, The Peace Process: The View from Washington
Prof. Dov Waxman, Baruch College, CUNY, Pro-Israeli Lobbies in America
Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA Center, American and Israeli Public Opinion
13:45 – 15:15
The Greater Middle East
Chair: Reeva Simon, Yeshiva U
Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA Center, Regional Geopolitics and the Jerusalem-Washington Link
Prof. Evan Resnick, Yeshiva U, American Policy toward Middle Eastern Rogue States
Mr. David Pollock, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Middle Eastern Perceptions of the United States-Israel Relationship
Dr. Max Singer, BESA Center and Hudson Institute, Where is Iraq Going?
15:30 – 17:00
American-Israeli Relations: A Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Prof. Stuart Cohen, BESA Center
Amb. Prof. Daniel Kurtzer, Princeton U and former US Ambassador to Israel
Bret Stephens, The Wall Street Journal
Asaf Shariv, Consul General of Israel in New York
This conference was made possible through the generosity of the
Dorothy and Harold Greenwald Foundation
