Ambassador Mark Regev
Ambassador Mark Regev is the chairman of the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations at Reichman University.
Before joining the Institute, Amb. Regev was the Prime Minister's Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs and International Communications between 2020-2021. Prior to this appointment, he served as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2016-2020, and as the Prime Minister’s Advisor and International Spokesperson from 2007-2016. Serving under two prime ministers during this tenure, Regev became one of Israel’s most prominent voices in the English-speaking world.
A veteran diplomat, Ambassador Regev rose through the ranks of Israel’s diplomatic corps, serving as Vice Consul in Hong Kong (1991-93), First Secretary in Beijing (1993-96), Counsellor in Washington DC (1999-2004), and then as the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem (2004-2007).
Ambassador Regev graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BA in Political Science and Modern History. He also holds an MA in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as a MSc in Management from Boston University.
Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attack, Amb. Regev immediately went on a leave of absence and rejoined the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, where he served for four months as senior advisor to the Prime Minister and as spokesperson to the international press. He returned to his duties at the Institute in February 2024.
Goor Tsalalyachin
Goor Tsalalyachin is defence-strategy and national security expert, now serving as the Executive Director of the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations.
Before joining the AEI, he served as Senior Researcher and Head of Strategic Wargaming in the IDF General Staff – Operations Directorate (J3). In this capacity, he was responsible for the design and facilitation of innovative experiential war-games for the Chief of Staff and the High Command, focusing on the core challenges of national security at the nexus of operations and strategy.
In previous official capacities he served as Media Adviser to the Minister of Defence, and as a spokesman (security affairs) at the Prime Minister’s Office. Before joining government, he was a radio and television journalist covering military and diplomatic affairs for leading Israeli broadcast networks.
He held research fellowships on the Middle East and International Security at the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) and at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) in London. Goor graduated from the School of Government at the IDC Herzliya, specializing in Counterterrorism & Homeland Security. As a Chevening Scholar, awarded by the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, he earned his MA (with Merit) in Intelligence & International Security from the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, where he also continues working on his doctoral thesis.
His main areas of interest include: Intelligence studies, wargaming and systems thinking, contemporary defence and security issues, cyber strategy and Operational Art.
Raffi Shamir
Raffi Shamir heads the institute’s Media Operations Department and serves as the acting manager of the Act-IL Initiative. He has more than 20 years of experience in press and public relations, specializing in the Public and Diplomacy fields.
His previous roles include serving as the Director of Media and Press for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Media Advisor for the Ministry of Regional Cooperation; Press Officer and Political Advisor for the British Embassy in Israel; and Deputy Spokesman for the Jerusalem Municipality.
Daniel Cohen
Daniel Cohen is a Cyber Security and policy expert with a demonstrated history of working in the public policy sector.
He is a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University and a Senior Researcher at the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center (ICRC) and the Yuval Ne'eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security at Tel Aviv University.
His research fields include Cybersecurity and Cyber Terrorism, focusing on the use of web and social media by terror organizations; Influence Operations, and Counter-Terrorism. He is skilled in cyber strategies, cyber intelligence, counter terrorism, Analytical Skills, Government, Entrepreneurship, and Market Analysis
Daniel serves as an expert consultant on Violent Extremism and Radicalization for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and as an expert representative at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. He previously served as a Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Cybersecurity and the Military & Strategy programs at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Daniel is a frequent lecturer to the private sector, governmental organizations, and security establishments. He is a Lecturer at Bar Ilan University Department of Management.
Daniel holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. in Government and Strategy (cum laude) from IDC Herzliya. He is a Ph.D. candidate at Bar Ilan University Department of Management.
Dr. Gedaliah Afterman
Dr. Gedaliah Afterman has 13 years of experience in International Relations, Asian Regional Security and Chinese Foreign Policy, Business and Culture.
His previous roles include serving as a Diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing; International Strategic Policy Specialist at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT); Research Fellow at the International Institute for Peace Research (PRIO) in Oslo; and Fellow and China Program Lead at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) in Jerusalem.
Dr. Gedaliah holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD from The University of Melbourne.
Dr. Yossi Mann
Dr. Yossi Mann is the head of “Israel and the Arab Gulf Program” at the Abba Eban Institute.
He served as the Head of the Middle Eastern Program at Reichman University, Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar Ilan University, and as a consultant to the Israeli government in various fields of his expertise. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Middle East in Bar Ilan University and the Lauder School of Government at Reichman University.
Dr. Mann earned his Ph.D. at Bar Ilan University in Israel and published research papers in the fields of the oil market and the Arab Gulf. He was a research fellow in several leading institutions at Oxford University, Gdansk University in Poland, and Renmin University- China. Over the years, he has taken part in research projects in the field of machine-learning technologies to assess security and geopolitical risks.
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Oded Raanan
With over 15 years of experience in journalistic and academic writing, editing and copyediting, Oded is Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of “The Arena”, the Abba Eban Institute’s Diplomacy and Foreign Relations quarterly magazine.
He previously worked on the Foreign News desk at the leading Israeli newspaper "Ha'aretz", and was Deputy Editor of the news section at the IDF's official magazine, "Bamachane".
Oded holds an M.Phil in International Relations from the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, and an M.A. and a B.A. in Middle Eastern Studies, both from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Prof. Moran Yarchi
Prof. Moran Yarchi is a Senior Lecturer at the Sammy Ofer School of Communications, the Head of the Public Diplomacy program, a Senior fellow at the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University.
Her main area of research is political communication, especially the media’s coverage of conflicts and public diplomacy. Integrating theories from communication studies, political science and international relations, Moran’s studies are dealing with the Image War – a salient aspect of today’s conflicts.
Moran’s studies had ranted her with various awards and scholarships including the: Nina Wain's Prize for public and international communication for 2012, the Inbar fund scholarship for 2013, the Hecht Prize for 2012-3, The ICA’s annual conference Mass Communication Division's top paper award 2014, the NCA’s annual conference Mass Communication Division's top paper award 2015, and the ICA’s annual conference Political Communication Division's top paper award 2019.
Dr. Elad Gil
Dr. Elad Gil, an expert in foreign affairs and national security law, cybersecurity law and policy, and constitutional law, is a senior fellow at the Abba Eban Institute.
He is also a post-doctorate research fellow at the Federmann Cyber Security Center at the Hebrew University. Elad’s work, which integrates doctrinal, institutional, and comparative methodologies, has been published or is forthcoming in the Harvard National Security Journal, Tulane Law Review, the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, and by Springer Press, among others.
Elad Received his Doctorate degree (S.J.D.) from Duke Law School, an L.L.B in Law and M.B.A in Business Administration from the Hebrew University and an L.L.M in International legal studies as a Fulbright scholar from American University School of Law.
Before joining Duke, Elad was a researcher at the Israel Democracy Institute and a member of the International Task Force on Terrorism, Democracy, and the Law with the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Max Planck Institute.
Ambassador Ron Prosor
Amb. Ron Prosor is the founder of the Abba Eban institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations and served as its chairman between 2016-2022.
Adv. Yaniv Cohen
Adv. Yaniv Cohen is Co-founder of the Abba Eban institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations and served as its executive director between 2016-2021.