Expertise
Syria-Israel relations; U.S.-Israel relations; the Middle East; diplomacy; foreign policy
- Language Fluency:
- Hebrew
- French
- Arabic
Background
Current Positions
International Advisory Board Member, The Brookings Institution; Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University; Distinguished Global Professor, NYU; Chairman of the Board, the Dan David Foundation; Vice Chairman of the Board, Institute of National Security Studies; Chairman of the Advisory Board, Wexner-Israel Program; Member, Trilateral Commission; Member, International Advisory Council of APCO Worldwide.
Past Positions
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States; Israel’s Chief Negotiator with Syria; President, Tel Aviv University; Chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University; Director, Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University; Dean of Humanities, Tel Aviv University; Rector, Tel Aviv University
Education
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem
M.A., Tel Aviv University
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles