Laurent Murawiec

Laurent Murawiec (Paris 1951 – Washington, 7 October 2009Biography, Hudson InstituteStrategist Caused Stir For Accusing Saudis Of Supporting Terror, Washington Post) was a French neoconservative figure,Histoire du néoconservatisme aux États-Unis, Julien Vaïsse, Odile Jacob, 2008 (p.269) member of the Hudson Institute and of the Committee on the Present Danger,Laurent Murawiec on rightweb.irc-online.org and formerly defence analyst at the RAND Corporation. Murawiec was an associate of Lyndon LaRouche from 1973–1986,Raimondo, Justin (2002-10-07) Now Entering Imperium, The American Conservative and wrote for Larouche's Executive Intelligence Review in the 1980s. He was also an advisor of French politician and former Minister, Jean-Pierre ChevènementLaurent Murawiec, a short biography in Réseau Voltaire
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.Thierry Meyssan, The Clash of Civilizations Murawiec argued that "In the Arab world, violence is not a continuation of politics by other means – violence is politics, politics is violence"The PowerPoint That Rocked the Pentagon The LaRouche defector who's advising the defense establishment on Saudi Arabia, by Jack Shafer, Slate and calling for an "ultimatum to the House of Saud", ultimately summarising the "Grand strategy for the Middle East" as "Iraq is the tactical pivot, Saudi Arabia the strategic pivot, Egypt the prize". The presentation was made public by Thomas E. Ricks the following month.Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies Ultimatum Urged To Pentagon Board, by Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 6 August 2002 Murawiec was subsequently expelled from RAND.
Murawiec died of multiple myeloma on 7 October 2009.Laurent Murawiec est mort, Jean-Dominique Merchet, Libération 9 October 2009 2009
== Publications ==
* 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
==Afflitiations==
*Committee on the Present Danger | Board of the Paris based Jean Jacques Rousseau Institute Still listed on the board in 2012 despite having died in 2009: JJRI Qui Sommes Nous - About Us, accessed 8 June 2012
==Resources== 
*Rightweb Laurent Murawiec
* Laurent Murawiec at the Hudson Institute
* Laurent Murawiec at Source Watch
* Jack Shafer The Continuing Saga of Laurent (of Arabia) Murawiec Slate, Posted Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2002, at 6:06 PM ET
* Massoud Derhally Potent words, softly spoken, rock Saudi-US relations ArabianBusiness.com Saturday, 24 August 2002 4:00 AM
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