Shlomo Brom

Shlomo Brom is a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies. He joined the Jaffee Center in 1998 after a long career in the IDF. His most senior post in the IDF was director of the Strategic Planning Division in the Planning Branch of the General Staff. Brig. Gen. (ret.) Brom participated in peace negotiations with the Palestinians, Jordan, and Syria, and in Middle Eastern regional security talks during the 1990s. He continued to be involved in Track 2 dialogues on these subjects after his retirement from the IDF. In 2000 he was named deputy to the National Security Advisor, returning to JCSS at the end of his post. In 2005-2006 Brig. Gen. (ret.) Brom was a member of the Meridor committee established by the Minister of Defense to reexamine the security strategy and doctrine of the State of Israel. His primary areas of research are Israeli-Palestinian relations and national security doctrine.   Brom authored Israel and South Lebanon: In the Absence of a Peace Treaty with Syria, and edited The Middle East Military Balance 1999-2000 and The Middle East Military Balance 2001-2002. He is co-editor of The Second Lebanon War: Strategic Dimensions.