Amichai Cohen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4186956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amichai Cohen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amichai |
| FAMILY NAME | Cohen |
| SIGNATURE | COHEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel; Israel Democracy Institute, Jerusalem, Israel |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond the Conventional Civil-Military 'Gap
This article modifies the framework for the analysis of civil-military 'gaps' proposed in Armed Forces & Society (Vol. 38, 2012) by Rahbek-Clemmensen, Archer, Barr, Belkin, Guerro, Hall, and Swain, who depicted a continuum of four binary fissures ('gap dimensions') dividing two hypothetically homogeneous communities: civilians versus military personnel. Extrapolating from Israel's experience, this article instead visualizes a more dynamic and fis…
The Dynamics of Israel's National Security Constitution since 1948
The Dynamics of Israel's National Security Constitution since 1948 Amichai Cohen (bio) and Stuart Cohen (bio) Primarily thanks to the pervasiveness of armed conflict in Israel's experience, security-related issues have intruded on its national life far more than in other democracies. They have figured especially prominently in legal discourses seeking to reconcile defense requirements with the preservation of civil liberties. This essay surveys t…
Israel's National Security Law
Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science and law, this book addresses that discourse, asking how democracies seek to harmonize the protection of individual liberties with the defence of state interests. The book focuses on the experience of Israel, a country whose commitment to democrat…
Administering the Territories
This article seeks to evaluate Israel's implementation of the international law of occupation in the territories which it came to control after the Six-Day War, from a new perspective. Many scholars have criticized or justified specific Israeli policies by comparing them to specific norms of international law. Contrary to this scholarship, this article addresses the questions at the core of current debates over the implementation of international…
Beyond the Conventional Civil-Military 'Gap
This article modifies the framework for the analysis of civil-military 'gaps' proposed in Armed Forces & Society (Vol. 38, 2012) by Rahbek-Clemmensen, Archer, Barr, Belkin, Guerro, Hall, and Swain, who depicted a continuum of four binary fissures ('gap dimensions') dividing two hypothetically homogeneous communities: civilians versus military personnel. Extrapolating from Israel's experience, this article instead visualizes a more dynamic and fis…
Administering the Territories
This article seeks to evaluate Israel's implementation of the international law of occupation in the territories which it came to control after the Six-Day War, from a new perspective. Many scholars have criticized or justified specific Israeli policies by comparing them to specific norms of international law. Contrary to this scholarship, this article addresses the questions at the core of current debates over the implementation of international…
Israel's National Security Law
Terror attacks on western civilian targets have stimulated interest in the dilemmas faced by liberal societies when combating threats to national security. Combining the perspectives of political science and law, this book addresses that discourse, asking how democracies seek to harmonize the protection of individual liberties with the defence of state interests. The book focuses on the experience of Israel, a country whose commitment to democrat…
The Dynamics of Israel's National Security Constitution since 1948
The Dynamics of Israel's National Security Constitution since 1948 Amichai Cohen (bio) and Stuart Cohen (bio) Primarily thanks to the pervasiveness of armed conflict in Israel's experience, security-related issues have intruded on its national life far more than in other democracies. They have figured especially prominently in legal discourses seeking to reconcile defense requirements with the preservation of civil liberties. This essay surveys t…
Beyond the Conventional Civil-Military 'Gap
This article modifies the framework for the analysis of civil-military 'gaps' proposed in Armed Forces & Society (Vol. 38, 2012) by Rahbek-Clemmensen, Archer, Barr, Belkin, Guerro, Hall, and Swain, who depicted a continuum of four binary fissures ('gap dimensions') dividing two hypothetically homogeneous communities: civilians versus military personnel. Extrapolating from Israel's experience, this article instead visualizes a more dynamic and fis…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · International Law and Human Rights (2 works) · Middle East Politics and Society (2 works) · National security (2 works) · Politics (2 works)