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

  • 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. 1 2 Strategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror, Washington Post
  3. 1 2 Histoire du néoconservatisme aux États-Unis, Julien Vaïsse, Odile Jacob, 2008 (p.269)
  4. ↑ Laurent Murawiec on rightweb.irc-online.org
  5. ↑ Raimondo, Justin (7 October 2002) Now Entering Imperium, The American Conservative
  6. ↑ Thompson, Mark (26 August 2002). "Inside the secret war council". Time. Vol. 160, no. 9. p. 36.
  7. 1 2 3 The PowerPoint That Rocked the Pentagon The LaRouche 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
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