Participant Biographies

Efraim Inbar

Efraim Inbar

Director, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Session 2 – "Terrorism"

Dr. Inbar is a professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and Director of its renowned Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. He served as visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University (2004), Georgetown University (1991-1992), and visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1996). Prof. Inbar was appointed as a Manfred Warner NATO Fellow (1998), was a visiting fellow at the (London) International Institute for Strategic Studies (2000), and was the recipient of the Onassis Fellowship (2003). Dr. Inbar’s area of specialization is Middle Eastern strategic issues with a special interest in the politics and strategy of Israeli national security. He has written over 80 articles in professional journals and edited volumes. His books include The Israeli-Turkish Entente (King’s College London, 2001) and Israel’s National Security: Issues and Challenges since the Yom Kippur War (Routledge, 2008). Professor Inbar received a B.A. from the Hebrew University and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.