The CESTUDEC has the pleasure to publish an article of Shoshana Bryen Senior Director of The Jewish Policy Center. She has more than 30 years’ experience as a defense policy analyst and has been taking American military officers and defense professionals to the Middle East since 1982. She was previously senior director for security policy at JINSA and author of JINSA Reports (1995-2011). We thank the author for the granted authorization regarding the published article