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'''Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies''' is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons.  In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's [[Likud]] party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "[http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm]", advised the Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were [[Richard Perle]], [[David Wurmser]] and [[Douglas Feith]].{{ref|cb}}
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'''Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies''' is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons.  In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's [[Likud]] party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "[http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm]", advised the Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were [[Richard Perle]], [[David Wurmser]] and [[Douglas Feith]].{{ref|1}}
  
 
==Neocon Nexus==
 
==Neocon Nexus==
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==Funders==
 
==Funders==
 
*[[Scaife Foundations|Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
 
*[[Scaife Foundations|Sarah Scaife Foundation]]
*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] {{ref|fund}}
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*[[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]] {{ref|2}}
  
 
==Staff==
 
==Staff==
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*[[Yossi Laster]]
 
*[[Yossi Laster]]
 
*[[Paul Michael Wihbey]]
 
*[[Paul Michael Wihbey]]
*[[Yuval Levin]]{{ref|staff}}
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*[[Yuval Levin]]{{ref|3}}
  
 
==Contact==
 
==Contact==
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==References==
 
==References==
  
*{{note|cb}} IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm], ([[Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies]] 1996)
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*{{note|1}} IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/strat1.htm A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm], ([[Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies]] 1996)
*{{note|fund}} Mediatransparency.org Website [http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=417 Funders] (accessed on June 26, 2006
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*{{note|2}} Mediatransparency.org Website [http://www.mediatransparency.org/search_results/info_on_any_recipient.php?recipientID=417 Funders] (accessed on June 26, 2006
*{{note|staff}}IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/staff.htm Staff] (accessed on June 26, 2006)
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*{{note|3}}IASPS Website [http://www.iasps.org/staff.htm Staff] (accessed on June 26, 2006)

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Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies is a Jerusalem based right-wing think-tank with connections to prominent US neocons. In 1996 the think tank published a policy paper for Israel's Likud party urging it to withdraw from the Oslo peace process. The report, titled "A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm", advised the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "to work closely with Turkey and Jordan to contain, destabilize, and roll-back" regional threats, help overthrow Saddam Hussein, and strike "Syrian military targets in Lebanon" and possibly in Syria proper. Prominent amongst its authors were Richard Perle, David Wurmser and Douglas Feith.[1]

Neocon Nexus

The following neocons have contributed to IASPS publications:

Funders

Staff

Contact

Website: http://www.israeleconomy.org

References