(idc) herzliya 2009-2010

Dr. Alisa Rubin Peled
PhD, Harvard University, 1994
Dr. Peled specializes in international political economy, business-government relations
and globalization. She is the academic director of the Argov Fellows Program in
Leadership and Diplomacy. She has held teaching and research positions at Harvard
University, Brandeis University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her first
book, Debating Islam in the Jewish State, examines Israeli policy towards its Muslim
minority. Her current research focuses on the role of American universities in the
Middle East and how higher educational reform can spark economic development
in the region.
Prof. Amnon Sella
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1973
Prof. Sella has taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has served as a
visiting professor at Oxford and Georgetown universities. Prof. Sella’s areas of expertise
include Soviet and Russian studies, Red Army and Soviet military doctrine, Russia
as a state in transition, the history of world order in the 20th century, and issues of
security and ethics in Israel and in general.
Prof. Emmanuel Sivan
PhD, Sorbonne, 1965
Prof. Sivan is an internationally respected authority on Middle Eastern affairs.
He chaired the History Department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has
been a visiting professor at leading universities worldwide. Prof. Sivan served an an
advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, and as the chair of the Rothschild
Foundation’s Post-Doctoral Committee. He was the editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly
and has written numerous books and articles about Islam, fundamentalism and
politics in the Middle East.
Leslie Terris
Lesley G. Terris is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Tel Aviv University.
Her research focuses on negotiation and mediation processes in international
conflicts, while combining game-theoretic modeling with quantitative and qualitative
analyses. Her research interests also include the study of international politics
through simulations and network analysis.
Dr. Hani Zubida
PhD, New York University, 2006
Dr. Zubida served as a research assistant at the BESA Center for Strategic Studies
at Bar-Ilan University and has taught at various universities in Israel and the U.S.
Dr. Zubida has written articles for academic journals and presented papers at
international conferences on electoral systems, voting behavior, comparative politics,
political methodology and statistics, public opinion, Israeli politics and society, the
Israeli electoral system and the Middle East peace process. Dr. Zubida also has
served as a consultant to Standard and Poor’s.