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