Israel Defense Forces Strategy (2015): Reflections of the United States and Israel Alliance in Israel's Current Declaratory Defense Policy

Abstract

This article has as its primary objective an exploratory analysis of the Israel Declaratory Defense Policy document, released to the public for the first time in the history of the State (2015). As a secondary objective, it seeks to analyze the reflection of the historic alliance of the United States and Israel in the Israeli Defense Policy, aiming at the analytical approach regarding the country's interpretation regarding the definition of the enemy. In the face of scenario scenario, the following research problem starts: What is the role of the United States in the construction of Israel's current declaratory defense policy with regard to the identification of prote? The initial hypothesis considers that, as assessed by Israel, they are the product of the historical alliance and congruence of both countries of interest to the Regional System of the Middle East. It is argued that the congruence of interests of the United States and Israel translates into the regional balance alignment strategy. For a better understanding for the reader, the text structure is divided into two children that correspond to the objectives of the work: the bulletin analyzes the changes that occurred during the Post Cold War period and the theoretical framework of systemic alignments; in the second section, the study of the Israeli Declaratory Defense Policy is presented, paying attention to the following factors: i) case of Israel as Regional Power; ii) history of the alliance with the United States, and iii) analysis of the document “The Israel Defense Forces Strategy” (2015). The methodology used consists of the adoption of primary sources (analysis of the National Defense Document) and secondary sources (bibliographic review on the topic).