Conversations with History: Institute
of International Studies, UC Berkeley
This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations
with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the
public Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Welcome to a Conversation with History. I'm Harry
Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest today
is Galia Golan who is a professor in the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy,
and Strategy in Herzliya, Israel. Professor Golan came to the IDC from
a long career at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where as Darwin Professor
of Soviet and East European Studies she served as chair of the Department
of Political Science, chair of the Lafer Center for Women's Studies, and
chair of the Mayrock Center for East European and Eurasian studies.
- Background ... apolitical upbringing ... discovering apartheid ... civil
rights movement ... Brandeis and Marcuse ... East European studies ... becoming
a Sovietologist
- The Cold War ... surprising end to the Soviet Union ... pluralism ...
Gorbachev and Dubcek ... Soviet and U.S. roles in Mideast politics
- Israel Today ... impact of globalization ... individualist vs. socialist
values ... rise of right wing ... compared to apartheid ... occupied territories
... loss of freedom of movement ... political hypocrisy ... enduring sense
of victimization
- The Peace Movement ... history of Peace Now ... broad appeal ... extra-parliamentary
... effect of 2006 Lebanon war ... existential threat ... complicated ...
unpopularity of settlers ... disappointment over failure of Oslo ... second
Intifada ... pragmatic approach ... peace with Syria
- The Lebanon War ... inexperienced Israeli leadership ... political flip-flop
... role of the military ... chief of staff ... guerrilla warfare ... mistaken
reliance on air power ... military out of practice
- U.S. - Israel Relations ... Cold War relationship ... Israel's dependency
... U.S. lack of will ... Americans for Peace Now ... role of AIPAC lobby
... Iran ... engagement instead of confrontation
© Copyright 2006, Regents of the University of
California
Site questions: Email iis_webmgr at berkeley.edu.
See
the 
Golan