Laurent Murawiec (Paris 1951 – Washington, 7 October 2009[1][2]) was a French neoconservative figure,[3] member of the Hudson Institute and of the Committee on the Present Danger,[4] and formerly defence analyst at the RAND corporation. Murawiec was an associate of Lyndon LaRouche from 1973 to 1986,[5] and wrote for Larouche's Executive Intelligence Review in the 1980s.[6]
In July 2002, Murawiec gave a presentation regarding Middle East policy for the USA before the Defence Policy Board Advisory Committee. Murawiec argued that "In the Arab world, violence is not a continuation of politics by other means – violence is politics, politics is violence"[7] and calling for an "ultimatum to the House of Saud",[7] ultimately summarising the "Grand strategy for the Middle East" as "Iraq is the tactical pivot, Saudi Arabia the strategic pivot, Egypt the prize".[7] The presentation was made public by Thomas E. Ricks the following month.[8] Murawiec was subsequently expelled from RAND.[3]
Murawiec died of multiple myeloma on 7 October 2009.[2][9]
Works
edit- La Guerre au XXIè siècle, Laurent Murawiec, Odile Jacob, 2000
- L'Esprit des Nations: cultures et géopolitique, Laurent Murawiec, Odile Jacob, 2002
- La Guerre d'après, Laurent Murawiec, Albin Michel, 2003
- Princes of Darkness: the Saudi Assault on the West, Laurent Murawiec, Rowman and Littlefield, 2005
- Vulnerabilities in the Chinese Way of War, Hudson Institute, 2004
- Aristotle in Cyberspace: Toward a Theory of Information Warfare and The Mind of Jihad, 2005
- Pandora's Boxes
- The Mind of Jihad, Laurent Murawiec, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-521-88393-1
- Spring 2000 article "The Wacky World of French Intellectuals" by Laurent Murawiec, Middle East Quarterly
References
edit- ^ Biography, Hudson Institute
- ^ a b Strategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror, Washington Post
- ^ a b Histoire du néoconservatisme aux États-Unis, Julien Vaïsse, Odile Jacob, 2008 (p.269)
- ^ Laurent Murawiec on rightweb.irc-online.org
- ^ Raimondo, Justin (7 October 2002) Now Entering Imperium, The American Conservative
- ^ Thompson, Mark (26 August 2002). "Inside the secret war council". Time. Vol. 160, no. 9. p. 36.
- ^ a b c The PowerPoint That Rocked the Pentagon The LaRouche defector who's advising the defense establishment on Saudi Arabia, by Jack Shafer, Slate
- ^ Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies Ultimatum Urged To Pentagon Board, by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 6 August 2002
- ^ Laurent Murawiec est mort, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération 9 October 2009 2009