Boaz Ganor ( he, בועז גנור) is the former dean of the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center.

Biography

Boaz Ganor is the founder and the

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of the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and is a member of Israel’s National Committee for Homeland Security Technologies, of the International Advisory Board of Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies (IDSS) in Singapore, and of the International Advisory team of the Manhattan Institute (CTCT) to the New-York Police Department (NYPD). Ganor chairs the ICT's World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, which is the leading international conference on Counter-Terrorism in the world. Ganor lectures on terrorism and counter-terrorism at the High Command Academic Courses of the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...

, as well as at the Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy, and other academic and international forums. He obtained his B.A. in Political Sciences from

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public university, public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein ...

and his M.A. in Political Studies from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Loca ...

(

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: “Terrorism and Public Opinion in Israel”). His Ph.D. thesis for the Hebrew University was on Israel's counter-terrorism strategy. Ganor served as a consultant to the Israeli government on counter-terrorism. From 1989 to 2003, he was a member of the trilateral

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i- American Committee on

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, established under the Wye Accords. He is the author of numerous articles on counter-terrorism published in Israel and abroad. He served as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the

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during the 2008–2009 academic year.

Published works

*Ganor, Boaz ''The Counter-Terrorism Puzzle: A Guide for Decision Makers'' ( / 1-4128-0602-X) Transaction Publishers, 2007. *Boaz Ganor ''Hypermedia Seduction for Terrorist Recruiting'' (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series: Human and Societal Dynamics) ( / 1-58603-761-7), Ios Pr Inc, 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganor, Boaz Living people Reichman University faculty Israeli political scientists Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Social Sciences alumni Tel Aviv University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)