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Iran’s Apparent Supply of Combat Drones to Venezuela Highlights Terrorism Risks

Iran’s Apparent Supply of Combat Drones to Venezuela Highlights Terrorism Risks
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Dr. Uzi Rubin

Dr. Rubin was founder and first director (1991-1999) of the Israel Missile Defense Organization in the Israel Ministry of Defense, which developed, produced and deployed the country’s first national defense shield – the Arrow missile. He subsequently served as Senior Director for Proliferation and Technology in the National Security Council (1999-2001), and directed several defense programs at the Israel Aerospace Industries and in the defense ministry. He was twice awarded the Israel Defense Prize (1996 and 2003). He was also awarded the US Missile Defense Agency “David Israel” Prize (2000). He has been a visiting scholar at the Stanford Center for International Security and Arms Control, where he directed a study on missile proliferation.

Recent publications

Hollow Alliances, a Changing Battlefield, and Opportunities for Israel

The Houthi–Saudi conflict exposes the limits of military and technological superiority and declaratory alliances. For...

One Shield, Two Fronts: A Unified Public Diplomacy Strategy for Israel and World Jewry

Anti-Israel influence campaigns and antisemitic agitation in the West increasingly reinforce one another. Israel and...

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