Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies

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The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS) is an Israel-based think tank with an affiliated office in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1984 by its president, Professor Robert Loewenberg. [1]

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In the US, IASPS has connections with the neoconservative movement in American politics. The institute is notable for its Clean Break report which is considered "a kind of US-Israeli neoconservative manifesto" according to journalist Jason Vest. [2]

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References

  1. "Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies". Right Web. International Relations Center. September 14, 2006. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  2. Vest, Jason (August 15, 2002). "The Men From JINSA and CSP". The Nation . Archived from the original on April 17, 2005. Retrieved August 31, 2019.