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2020 Vision: ’s Perils and Prospects Monday-Tuesday, October 7-8, 2013 Auditorium C50, Gonda Nanotechnology Triplex (Building 206), Bar-Ilan University

Monday, October 7, 2013

2:00 pm The Global Strategic Landscape Greetings: Dr. Thomas O. Hecht, Founder and Chairman, BESA Center

Chair: Efraim Inbar, Director, BESA Center Dr. , Minister of Intelligence, International Relations, and Strategic Affairs, Global Trends and Israel Prof. Uzi Arad, IDC, International Challenges and Israel’s National Strategy Prof. Robert J. Lieber, Georgetown University, America Is Still Going Strong Prof. Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College, Is China Aspiring for Hegemony? Prof. Leo Leiderman, , Global Economic Trends

4:00 pm The Regional Turmoil Chair: Ambassador Zalman Shoval Maj. Gen. , Director, Military Intelligence Directorate, IDF, The Regional Environment* Prof. Efraim Karsh, BESA Center and King’s College London, Back to the Future Prof. Bassam Tibi, Göttingen University, The Rise of Political Islam Prof. Gabriel Ben Dor, Haifa University, The Crisis of the Arab State

5:30 pm Future Technology and Weapons Maj. Gen. (res.) Prof. Itzik Ben-Israel, Tel Aviv University, The Role of Robots on the Future Battlefield Mr. John Birkler, RAND Corporation, Acquisition Policy of New Technologies Prof. Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Intelligent Patrolling

6:45 pm Buffet Dinner

8:00 pm Special Address: Lt. Gen. , Chief of Staff of the IDF* Tuesday, October 8, 2013

9:30 am Military Challenges Chair: Prof. Shmuel Sandler, BESA Center Maj. Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland, Former Head of the NSC Col. (ret.) Dr. Douglas Macgregor, Burke-Macgregor Group LLC, Challenges to Contemporary Advanced Military Organizations Maj. Gen. , IDF Northern Command, Military Challenges in the North*

11:30 am Soft Power Challenges Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Director General, Ministry of International Affairs and Strategy, The BDS Campaign Prof. Eytan Gilboa, BESA Center, Public Diplomacy Prof. Avi Bell, Bar-Ilan University, Lawfare

2:30 pm Domestic Challenges Rabbi Shai Piron, Minister of Education Mr. , Minister of Economics and Trade * Maj. Gen. (res.) , Chairman of the National Lottery, Israel’s National Resilience Dr. Yaacov Lifshitz, BESA Center, The Economic Challenge

4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: Formulating a National Strategy Moderator: Ms. Tali Lipkin-Shahak Prof. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense Mr. , Former Director of the Israeli Security Agency () Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Hebrew University Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, INSS*

6:00 pm Concluding Remarks: Lt. Gen. (res.) Moshe Ya’alon, Minister of Defense

*Speaker to be confirmed

The conference is open to the public. Simultaneous Hebrew/English translation will be provided.