The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS) was an Israel-based

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with an affiliated office in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1984 by its president, Professor Robert Loewenberg.

Political stance

In the US, IASPS has connections with the

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movement in American politics. The institute is notable for its ''Clean Break'' report which is considered "a kind of US-Israeli

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" according to journalist Jason Vest.

References

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