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'''Joshua Muravchik''' is a Resident Scholar of the conservative [[think tank]], the [[American Enterprise Institute]].
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'''Joshua Muravchik''' is a Resident Scholar of the conservative think tank, the [[American Enterprise Institute]]. Muravchik is one of the early neocons, and has a family relationship with other neocons.  Muravchik is a signatory to the Project for the New American Century.  
  
Muravchik has authored a number of books including ''Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism'' which has been criticised for conflating
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Muravchik is signatory to multiple letters published by the Project for a New American Century (or [[PNAC]]), Muravchik has "been associated with a string of hawkish pressure groups supporting George W. Bush's ininterventionist policies in the middle east"<ref>Right Web: [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1302 Joshua Muravchik: Profile] (Accessed: 11 February 2012)</ref>.
socialism, communism, and social democracy but then arguing that they may be at times contradictory.
 
  
==Books==
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==On Iran==
*''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.430/book_detail.asp Covering the Intifada: How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising]'', The [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], July 2003. Paperback ISBN: 0-944029-85-X Hardcover ISBN: 094402985X.
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In November 2006, Muravchik called for a bomb attack on Iran:
*''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.115/book_detail.asp Heaven on earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism]'', Encounter Books, January 2002. Paperback ISBN: 1893554783 Hardcover ISBN: 1-893554-45-7
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::If Tehran establishes dominance in the region, then the battlefield might move to Southeast Asia or Africa or even parts of Europe, as the mullahs would try to extend their sway over other Muslim peoples. In the end, we would no doubt win, but how long this contest might last and what toll it might take are anyone's guess.
*''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.129/book_detail.asp The Imperative of American Leadership: A Challenge to Neo-Isolationism]'', AEI Press, March 1996. Hardcover ISBN: 0-8447-3958-8
 
  
==SourceWatch Resources==
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::The only way to forestall these frightening developments is by the use of force. Not by invading Iran as we did Iraq, but by an air campaign against Tehran's nuclear facilities.<ref>Joshua Muravchik, [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-muravchik19nov19,0,1681154.story?coll=la-opinion-center Bomb Iran], Los Angeles Times, 19 November 2006.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
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*[[American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus]] - Member
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*[[American Enterprise Institute]]
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*[[Coalition for a Democratic Majority]] - Executive Director (1977-1979)
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*[[Committee for the Liberation of Iraq]]
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*[[Committee on the Present Danger]]
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*[[Dialogue International]] &ndash; Advisory Board
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*[[Fikra Forum]] &ndash; Contributor
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*[[Freedom House]] Board of Trustees
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*[[Institute of World Politics]]
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*[[Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs]]
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*[[Journal of Democracy]], Editorial Board<ref>[http://journalofdemocracy.com/about/editorsStaff.html Editorial Board & Staff], Journal of Democracy, accessed 24 September 2007.</ref>
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*[[Henry Jackson Society Project for Democratic Geopolitics]] - International Patron
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*[[New Atlantic Initiative]] - International Advisory Board
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*[[Orbis]] - Member, Editorial Board
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*[[Project for the New American Century]](or PNAC) &ndash; signatory
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*[[Social Democrats USA]] National Advisory Council<ref>[http://www.socialdemocrats.org/natcom.html Officers and National Committee Members], Social Democrats USA, accessed October 14, 2008.</ref>
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*[[Task Force In Support of Arab Democracy]], member
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*[[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]] - Adjunct Scholar (1986-current)
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*[[World Affairs journal]], Editorial Board<ref>[http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/About%20Us/editorial-board.html Editorial Board], World Affairs, accessed January 19, 2011.</ref>
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==Publications==
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===Articles===
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*Joshua Muravchik, [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-muravchik19nov19,0,1681154.story?coll=la-opinion-center Bomb Iran], ''Los Angeles Times'', November 19, 2006
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===Books===
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*''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.430/book_detail.asp Covering the Intifada: How the Media Reported the Palestinian Uprising]'', The [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]], July 2003. ISBN: 0-944029-85-X *''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.115/book_detail.asp Heaven on earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism]'', Encounter Books, January 2002. ISBN: 1893554783
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*''[http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.,bookID.129/book_detail.asp The Imperative of American Leadership: A Challenge to Neo-Isolationism]'', AEI Press, March 1996. ISBN: 0-8447-3958-8
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==Resources and articles==
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===Related Sourcewatch===
 
*[[Henry Jackson Society]]
 
*[[Henry Jackson Society]]
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===References===
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==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.neoconeurope.eu/Joshua_Muravchik Joshua Muravchik], Neocon Europe.
 
*American Enterprise Institute, "[http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.42,filter.all/scholar.asp Joshua Muravchik Resident Scholar], undated, accessed September 2004.
 
*American Enterprise Institute, "[http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.42,filter.all/scholar.asp Joshua Muravchik Resident Scholar], undated, accessed September 2004.
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[[Category: Neocons|Muravchik, Joshua]]
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[[Category: Iran War Drummer|Muravchik, Joshua]]

Latest revision as of 10:04, 11 February 2012

Joshua Muravchik is a Resident Scholar of the conservative think tank, the American Enterprise Institute. Muravchik is one of the early neocons, and has a family relationship with other neocons. Muravchik is a signatory to the Project for the New American Century.

Muravchik is signatory to multiple letters published by the Project for a New American Century (or PNAC), Muravchik has "been associated with a string of hawkish pressure groups supporting George W. Bush's ininterventionist policies in the middle east"[1].

On Iran

In November 2006, Muravchik called for a bomb attack on Iran:

If Tehran establishes dominance in the region, then the battlefield might move to Southeast Asia or Africa or even parts of Europe, as the mullahs would try to extend their sway over other Muslim peoples. In the end, we would no doubt win, but how long this contest might last and what toll it might take are anyone's guess.
The only way to forestall these frightening developments is by the use of force. Not by invading Iran as we did Iraq, but by an air campaign against Tehran's nuclear facilities.[2]

Affiliations

Publications

Articles

  • Joshua Muravchik, Bomb Iran, Los Angeles Times, November 19, 2006

Books

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

References

  1. Right Web: Joshua Muravchik: Profile (Accessed: 11 February 2012)
  2. Joshua Muravchik, Bomb Iran, Los Angeles Times, 19 November 2006.
  3. Editorial Board & Staff, Journal of Democracy, accessed 24 September 2007.
  4. Officers and National Committee Members, Social Democrats USA, accessed October 14, 2008.
  5. Editorial Board, World Affairs, accessed January 19, 2011.

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