Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen

Shoshana Bryen is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center in Washington D.C.

Her books, available on Amazon, include:

*Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy (with Stephen Bryen and Rebecca Abrams)
*Essays in Technology, Security and Stategy, Vol. 2 (with Stephen Bryen and Rebecca Abrams) 

U.S. should remember Cold War lessons in dealing with Islamic Middle East

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Egyptian Parliament re-opened this week with the Muslim Brotherhood in charge and the Salafists in second place. Googling liberals were far behind. It is not surprising as the vast majority of Egyptians are rural, poor, and religious, but since majority rule should never be confused with democracy, the […]

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U.S. accommodation with Taliban as short-sighted as its turning blind eye to 1973 murders by P.L.O.

By Shoshana Bryen   WASHINGTON, D.C — The Washington Post ran several articles and columns this week about the emergence of once-secret U.S.-Taliban talks designed to pave the way for an American exit from Afghanistan. Writers have likened them to the talks that preceded our exit from Vietnam. Maybe, but there is another cautionary tale

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Assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist an example of narrowing the target

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few years ago, a group of senior American military professionals were in discussion with high-level IDF commanders on what the Israelis called “extremely narrowly focused attacks.”  In the beginning, they tiptoed around blunt language – “targeted killing” or “assassination” – but the bottom line emerged.  Israel faced an

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Got missiles?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Classified Ad:  Missing 69 Patriot missiles and 160 tons of explosives?  If so, contact traffic police, Kotka, Finland. Iran, don’t bother. Dock workers in the port of Kotka were suspicious of ill-packed crates labeled “fireworks” on a ship bound from Germany to Shanghai.  While adding to the existing cargo

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Rational Egyptians, haters and the U.S. government

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the White House pulled the props out from under the military government in Cairo, calling for it to yield power. Now. “The United States strongly believes that the new Egyptian government must be empowered with real authority immediately…we believe that the full transfer of power to a

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What are the stakes of a Palestinian UDI vote?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence is a cynical ploy that bypasses the necessary requirement for direct negotiations between the Palestinian leadership and the Government of Israel. Despite a last minute scramble by the White House intending to delay this action, it is all too likely that a vote

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Defensible Israeli borders the first Middle East priority

By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Events in Israel over the past week have a “back to the future” vibe. Terrorism from over the Egyptian border, renewed rocket attacks from Gaza, threats of violence from the Palestinian Authority and Hezbollah, continuing violence in Syria and shock waves in Jordan all are reminders that ultimate

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Honduras should know better

By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.  –The President of Honduras has indicated that his government will support a vote in favor of “Palestine” in the United Nations General Assembly in September. Honduras, of all countries, should know better; not about Israel, but about importance of truth. When Manuel Zelaya, then President of Honduras, subverted the

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What way out for Assad — and what consequences for the rest of us?

By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Political  betting in Washington is that President Obama is preparing to demand that Syrian  strongman Bashar Assad step down. After the Saudis, Kuwaitis, Bahrainis and Omanis – those bastions of human rights and civil liberties – withdrew their ambassadors from Damascus. After five months of brutal repression

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