Professor Bernard Lewis Khaorshnas English-Jewish origin and Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern studies at Princeton University, which is one of the most prominent experts in the field of the history of the Middle East can be considered.
Intellectual influences Bernard Lewis, aslamshnas, as an expert in American سیاستگذاریهای the last few decades is immeasurable. Jacob ویسبرگ opinion, Newsweek Magazine columnist, Bernard Lewis is the most important intellectual influence on the idea of invading Iraq have. Expressions contained such as "Islamic fundamentalism" or "battle of civilizations» time of inventions is Louis. گفته می شود ساموئل هانتینگتون، استاد پیشین علوم سیاسی در دانشگاه هاروارد، نظریه نبرد تمدنها را با الهام از ایده لوییس مطرح کرد.
لویییس as well as modern theorists say Iran and other Middle Eastern countries in the analysis plan is known. Middle East analysis or plan (Later) The "greater Middle East" project that was titled "Bernard Lewis" is famous, first in the بیلدلبرگ in the year 1979 meeting was discussed on the basis of this plan, Iran would be divided into six or seven pieces; the idea earlier in the run, and now instead of the Iraqi one, in fact there are three Iraq. به باور دیک چینی، معاون رییس جمهور پیشین آمریکا، در قرن جدید، دانشمندان، قانونگذاران، دیپلماتها و رسانه ها دنباله رو خردمندی لوییس خواهند بود.