Laurent Murawiec

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(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. In the 1980s he wrote for Lyndon LaRouche's Executive Intelligence Review^[5].

In July 2002, Murawiec gave a presentation regarding Middle East policy for the USA before the Defence Policy Board Advisory Committee. His paper was entitled «Expel Saudis from Arabia», a lecture divided into three parts with the projection of 24 slides.^[6] 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

• 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

1. ^ Biography, Hudson Institute
2. ^ ^{a b} Strategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror, Washington Post
3. ^ ^{a b} Histoire du néoconservatisme aux États-Unis, Julien Vaïsse, Odile Jacob, 2008 (p.269)
4. ^ Laurent Murawiec on rightweb.irc-online.org
5. ^ Thompson, Mark (August 26, 2002). "Inside the secret war council". Time 160 (9): p. 36. 
6. ^ Thierry Meyssan, The Clash of Civilizations
7. ^ ^{a b c} The PowerPoint That Rocked the PentagonThe LaRouchie defector who's advising the defense establishment on Saudi Arabia, by Jack Shafer, Slate
8. ^ Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies Ultimatum Urged To Pentagon Board, by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 6 August 2002
9. ^ Laurent Murawiec est mort, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération 9 October 2009 2009

External links

• Laurent Murawiec at the Hudson Institute
• Laurent Murawiec at Source Watch
• The Continuing Saga of Laurent (of Arabia) Murawiec [1]
• Potent words, softly spoken, rock Saudi-US relations [2]