Special Briefing: An Update on the US and the Middle East

Join Scholars Circle for a timely interview with Dr. Ilai Saltzman, Director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland, as we explore the current state of U.S. and Israel relations and shifting dynamics in the Middle East. Interviewed by Simon Lichter, Co-Creator of Scholars Circle with Chai Mitzvah and founder of UrbanDor.org.

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Dr. Ilai Saltzman is an Associate Research Professor of Israel Studies, and the Director of the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. His scholarship and teaching focus on international security, Israeli foreign and security policy, US foreign policy, and political psychology. Dr. Saltzman is the author of Securitizing Balance of Power Theory: A Polymorphic Reconceptualization (2012). He has also written numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as commentaries in the Los Angeles Times, Ha’aretz, The Jerusalem Post, and other prominent outlets. Dr. Saltzman earned his Ph.D. in International Relations in 2010 from the University of Haifa and was a postdoctoral research fellow at the International Security Program (ISP), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2009-2010).