Ariel Merari (, born 1939) is a retired Israeli professor and terrorism expert.

Biography

He received a B.A. degree in psychology and in economics from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a Ph.D. in psychology from University of California, Berkeley. He taught at Tel Aviv University from 1975 to 2006. On 1 December 1989 he appeared on the celebrated British television programme '' After Dark'' to discuss terrorism, alongside

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References

Books

* Elad, S. and Merari, A. The Soviet Bloc and World Terrorism. Tel Aviv University: The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies Paper No. 26, 1984 (81 pp.). Also published in Hebrew in: J. Alpher (ed.) Strategic Annual 1986. Tel Aviv: Hakibutz Hameukhad, 1986, pp. 154-213. * Merari, A. and Elad, S. The International Dimension of Palestinian Terrorism . Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1987 (147 pp.) * Published in Hebrew by: Ariel Merari, Shlomi Elad. Abroad: Foreign Palestinian Terrorism 1986-1968. Bnei Brak: United Kibbutz Publishers, 1986. * Merari, A. Driven to Death: Psychological and Social Aspects of Suicide Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010 (315 pp.). * Merari, A. (Ed.). On Terrorism and Combating Terrorism. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1985.

External links

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