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Professor Joshua Teitelbaum is a leading historian and analyst of the modern Middle East. He teaches Middle Eastern history in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and is Senior Research Associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. For many years he was Visiting Fellow and Contributor to the Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order at the Hoover Institution, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, and Visiting Scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, all at Stanford University. He has been a featured speaker at the annual Policy Conference of the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). His latest book is Saudi Arabia and the New Strategic Landscape (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press).

Research Interests

  • Democratization and liberalization in the Middle East;
  • Saudi Arabia;
  • Tribes in the Middle East;
  • State and society in the Middle East;
  • Palestinian nationalism;
  • The military and society in the Middle East;
  • The Arabian Peninsula.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Tel Aviv University

Jan 1988Jan 1996

Award Date: 1 Jan 1996

Master's Degree, Tel Aviv University

Oct 1981Sep 1988

Award Date: 30 Sep 1988

Bachelor

Oct 1976Sep 1980

Award Date: 30 Sep 1980

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