Dr. Ely Karmon

Senior Researcher at The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Reichman University

Dr. Ely Karmon is a Senior Researcher at The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University (former IDC), Herzliya, Israel, where he lectures on international terrorism and CBRN terrorism at the M.A. Counterterrorism Studies.

He holds a B.A. in English and French Culture from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a Licence in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques and a Licence in Bantu languages from the Ecole de Langues Orientales, in Paris. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Haifa University.

Served as advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and to the Anti-Semitism Monitoring Forum of the Israeli Government Secretariat.

His seminal book Coalitions between Terrorist Organizations: Revolutionaries, Nationalists, and Islamists was published by Brill Academic Publishers. (2005) The Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, published his monograph, ‘Iran–Syria-Hizballah–Hamas: A Coalition against Nature. Why does it Work?’ (2008).

Dr. Karmon’s fields of research include political violence, international terrorism, CBRN terrorism, and the strategic influence of terrorism and subversion in the Middle East and worldwide. Has written extensively on these subjects and has participated in numerous international conferences.