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I live in the West of my East. I dream Hebrew, I speak Arabic. I was born in Bagdhad and
grew up in Jerusalem. I moved to Tel Aviv, studied at The Hebrew University, Harvard and
Yale and traveled to Amman, Gaza and the West Bank.
The Arab Spring turned the Middle East into a land of risks and opportunities. Only experience can determine between the two. Anyone wishing to engage with the
region - investment opportunities, risk analysis or political assessment - must be prepared to rethink conventional wisdom.
My teaching, research and consulting reflects my understanding of the Middle East realities.
It based on perceptions of shifting boundaries rather than static boundaries, by multiple
identities and fluid loyalties rather than single identities and fixed loyalties.
My divorce from the rigidity of an "all or nothing" perceptions has enabled me to
balance between the poetry of visions and ideologies and the prose of Middle East tragic
landscape. My research and engagement in policy processes and design has taught me that in the
Middle East many leaders and governments do not see themselves solving deep conflicts and bitter
disputes as much as transforming them.
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Career Brief
Shaul Mishal is a Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University,
Founder and Chairman of Etrog Strategies consulting for Middle East risk analysis, 1999.
Serves as senior advisor to the Department of Political Planning at the Israeli Foreign Ministry
and to the Ministry of Defense and as a consultant to international and regional private
and public institutions. Founded and directed the Center for Israeli Arab Studies.
Authored and co-authored 5 books and numerous articles in subjects related to Arab and
Islamic political cultures and Palestinian politics. Visiting Professor at Yale University,
visiting Scholar at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard and Senior Fellow at the
Harvard School of Public Health. Received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and completed post-Doctoral studies at Yale University. |
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Professional Experience |
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| 1999 |
Etrog Strategies, Consulting for Middle East Risk Analysis |
Founder and Chairman |
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Academic Experience |
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| 2009 |
Tel-Aviv University |
Brian Mulroney Professor of Government |
Senior Research Fellow |
| 2007-09 |
Yale University |
The Middle East Council at Macmillan Center |
Senior Research Fellow |
| 2006-08 |
Yale University |
Yale Center for International and Area Studies |
Visiting Professor in Middle Eastern Studies |
| 2004-05 |
Tel Aviv University |
Political Science |
Professor |
| 1995-96 |
Harvard University |
School of Public Health |
Fellow |
| 1993-94 |
Yale University |
Political Science |
Visiting Professor |
| 1992-96 |
Institute for Israeli Arab Studies |
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Head of Institute |
| 1991 |
Tel Aviv University |
Political Science |
Assiciate Professor |
| 1989-90 |
Yale University |
Political Science |
Visiting Professor |
| 1986-87 |
Harvard University |
The Center for International Affairs |
Visiting Scholar |
| 1982-90 |
Tel Aviv University |
Political Science |
Senior Lecturer |
| 1981-82 |
Yale University |
Political Science |
Research Fellow |
| 1978-82 |
Tel Aviv University |
Political Science |
Lecturer |
| 1976-77 |
Tel Aviv University |
Political Science |
Research Fellow |
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Academic and Professional Meetings |
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| 2007 |
Hamas and the Future of the Israel-Palestinian Dispute, The Middle East Seminar, MacMillan Center, Yale University |
| 2004 |
Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society, Houston, Texas |
| 2004 |
Central Institute for Technology, Virginia |
| 2003 |
Gilman Conference on New Directions in International Relations, Yale University |
| 2000 |
The International Programs Center for Conflict Resolution, University of Oklahoma, Haifa |
| 1998 |
The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman |
| 1997 |
International Conference of the Morris E. Curiel Center for International Studies |
| 1995 |
The Takmi Program Seminar on Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health |
| 1994 |
The American Political Science Association |
| 1994 |
The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace |
| 1993 |
Concilium on International and Area Studies, Yale University |
| 1990 |
The Political Science Department Seminar, Yale University |
| 1989 |
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, The Annual Seminar, Tel Aviv University |
| 1989 |
The Israeli Political Science Association, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1986 |
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University |
| 1981 |
The Conflict Resolution Seminar, Yale University |
| 1981 |
Concilium on International and Area Studis, Yale University |
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Qualifications |
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| B.A |
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Political Science and Sociology |
1968 |
| M.A |
The Hebrew University |
Political Science and Public Policy |
1971 |
| Ph.D |
The Hebrew University |
Political Science |
1976 |
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Principal Publications
Books |
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The Shiite Leadership and the Art of the Middle Ground (with O. Goldberg), forthcoming. |
The Palestinian Hamas: Vision, Violence and Coexistance (with A. Sela)
Columbia University Press, First Edition 2000, Second Edition 2006. |
Also published as:
The Hamas Wind - Violence and Coexistance
Yediot Ahronot Books, First Edition 1999, Second Edition 2006 (Hebrew). |
Investment in Peace: The Politics of Economic Cooperation Between Israel, Jordan,
and the Palestinians (with R. Kuperman, D. Boas)
Sussex Academic Press, 2001. |
Speaking Stones: Communiques from the Intifada Underground (with R. Aharoni)
Syracuse University Press, 1994. |
Also published as:
Speaking Stones: The Words Behind the Palestinian Intifada
Hakibbutz Hameuhad, 1989 (Hebrew). |
The PLO Under Arafat: Between Gun and Olive Branch
Yale University Press, 1986. |
West Bank, East Bank: The Palestinians in Jordan, 1949-1967
Yale University Press, 1978. |
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Selected Articles |
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Place as a Source of Identity in Colonizing Societies: Israeli Settlements in Gaza"
Izhak Schnell and Shaul Mishal
Geographical Review, April 2008, Vol. 98, Issue 2, pages 242-259. |
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Al Qaeda as Dune Organization toward a Typology of Islamic Terrorism Organization"
(with M. Rosenthal).
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol.28, No.4, 2005, pp.275-293. |
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What Happened to Suicide Bombing in Israel: Insight from a Terror Stock Model"
(with E. Kaplan, A. Mintz, C. Samban).
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol.28, No.3, 2005, pp.225-235. |
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The Pragmatic Dimension of the Palestinian Hamas: A Network Perspective"
Armed Forces and Society, Vol.29, No.4, 2003, pp.569-589. |
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Political Expectations and Cultural Perceptions in the Arab-Israeli Peace Negotiations"
(with N. Morag).
Political Psychology, Vol.23, No.2, 2002, pp.325-353. |
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Participation Without Presence: Hamas, the PA and the Politics of Negotiated Coexistance"
(with A. Sela).
Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.38, 2002, pp.1-26. |
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The Network State: Triangular Relations in Middle Eastern Politics"
(with I. Talmud).
International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, Vol.37, No.2, 2000, pp.175-197. |
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Trust or Contract? Negotiating Formal and Informal Agreements in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process"
(with N. Morag).
International Negotiation, No.5, 2000, pp.523-542. |
"Intifada Discourse: The Hamas and UNL Leaflets"
The PLO and Israel, Avraham Sela and Moshe Ma´oz (eds.), St. Martin´s Press, 1997. |
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Israel and the PLO: A Game with Different Information"
(with D. Schmiedler, I. Sened).
Game Theory and Applications, T. Ichiishi, A. Neyman, Y. Touman (eds.), Academic Press, 1990. |
"The Unfolding of the Intifada"
Survey of Jewish Affairs 1990, William Frankel (ed.), Basil Blackwell, 1990, pp.3-23. |
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Paper War - Words Behind Stones: The Intifada Leaflets"
The Jerusalem Quarterly, No.51, 1989, pp.71-94. |
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Coalition Formation in the Arab World: An Analytical Perspective" (with A. Diskin)
International Interactions, Vol.11, 1984, pp.43-59. |
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Palestinian Voting in the West Bank: Electoral Behavior in a Traditional Community Without
Sovereignty" (with A. Diskin).
The Journal of Politics, Vo.44, 1982, pp.538-58. |
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Nationalism through Localism: Some Observations on the West Bank Political Elite"
The Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.17, 1981, pp.478-91. |
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Spatial Models and Centrality of Internatonal Communities: Meetings Between Arab Leaders, 1966-1978"
(with A. Diskin)
The Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol.25, 1981, pp.655-75. |
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Editorship |
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Arabs in Israel, A Montly Newsletter |
Editor-in-Chief |
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Blue-Green, Book Series (Hebrew) |
Editor-in-Chief |
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Studies in Arab-Jewish Reality, Book Series (Hebrew) |
Editor-in-Chief |
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Society, Politics and Culture, Yedioth Ahronoth Book Series (Hebrew) |
Editor-in-Chief |
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Grants, Fellowship and Prizes |
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| 2007-08 |
The Shiite Leadership of Iran, Iraq and Lebanon: Vision, Space and Strategies |
| 2005 |
Palestinian Suicide Bombers
Homeland Security Center of Excellence for Behavioral and Social Research on Terrorism and
Counter-Terrorism |
| 2005 |
Political Discourse of Uprooting: The case of Gush Katif
The Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies |
| 2004 |
Al-Qaeda as a Dune Organization: A New Perception in a Comparative Perspective
Israel Science Foundation |
| 2004 |
Al-Qaeda and the Middle East Islamic Terrorism: Comparative Analysis and Policy Implications
The Tami Steinetz Center for PEace Research |
| 2000 |
Cooperative Networks of Arabs and Jews in the Context of Economic Business Enterpreneurship
Netherlands-Israel Development Research Program |
| 1997 |
Economic Enterpreneurship in an Era of Peace
The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy |
| 1995 |
Takemi Fellowship in International Health |
| 1995 |
Hamas: A Behavioral Profile
The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research |
| 1990 |
Dayan Research Fellowship |
| 1989 |
The Political and Social Dimension of the Intifada Leaflets
David Horowitz Institute for Research on Developing Countries |
| 1986 |
The Image of the Arab in Hebrew and Translated Literature as Thaught in the Israeli
High School
The Ford Foundation |
| 1983 |
Tel Aviv University Research Project on Peace |
| 1975 |
Lady Davis Trust |
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Membership in Political Societies, Scientific Boards and Committees |
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The American Political Science Asociation |
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The Foreign Policy Decision Making at Texas A&M |
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The International Advisoty Board |
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The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies |
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The International Center for Peace in the Middle East |
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The Israeli Ministry of Economics and Planning |
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The Israeli Political Science Association |
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The Israel Sociological Society |
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The Israel Oriental Society |
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The Middle East Studies Association |
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David Horowitz Institute |
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The Lavon Institute for Labor Research |
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The Institute for Israeli Arab Srudies |
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Lectures |
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Tactical Prevention of Suicide Bombings in Israel
Annual Meeting of the Peace Science Society, Houston, Texas
November 2004 |
Patterns of Israeli Enterpreneurship with Egypt and Jordan
Central Institute for Technology, Virginia
October 2004 |
Explaining Arafat and Sharon´s Policy Options During the Second Intifada
Gilman Conference on New Directions in International Relations, Yale University
February 2003 |
What Went Wrong in Camp David 2000?
St. Antony´s College, Oxford University
March 2002 |
Conflicts and Tacit Inderstandings: Hamas and Israel
The International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma, Haifa
April 2000 |
How Hamas Thinks
Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman
October 1998 |
Trust vs. Contract: Reflections on the Arab-Israeli Peace Negotiations
The Israeli Studoes Association, Rutgers University
June 1998 |
The Network State
The Israeli Sociological Society, University of Haifa
February 1998 |
The Bureaucratic Culture of Islamic Movements: The Case of the Palestinian Hamas
Center for the International Studies, MIT
February 1997 |
Beyond Boundaries in Policy-Making
The Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard
December 1995 |
The Intifada Discourse: HAmas and UNL Leaflets
The Truman Institute International Conference on Israel and the PLO
April 1994 |
The Crisis in the Persian Gulf and the Future of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Political Science Seminar, Yale University
November 1990 |
The Palestinian Intifada: Some Socio-Political Observations
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
September 1986 |
Coalition Formation in the Arab World: An Analytical Perspective
The Concilium on International and Area Studies, Yale University
December 1981 |
Palestinians from the Jordanian and Israeli Time Perspective
The Joint Political Studies Committee, Yale University
April 1976 |
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