Dr Ely Karmon (Hebrew: אלי כרמון, born May 3, 1941) is an Israeli political scientist who is a senior research scholar at the ''

International Institute for Counter-Terrorism The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) is a conservative Israeli think tank founded in 1996 and located at Reichman University, in Herzliya, Israel. Activities According to ''Foreign Affairs'', ICT presents a conservative Israeli ...

'' (ICT) and senior research fellow at the ''Institute for Policy and Strategy'', both at The

Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Reichman University ( he, אוניברסיטת רייכמן) is Israel's only private university, located in Herzliya, Tel Aviv District. It was founded in 1994 as the IDC Herzliya private college, before being rebranded in 2021. It receives no ...

(IDC), in Israel. He also lectures there on Terrorism and Guerrilla in Modern Times.

Career

He has a bachelor's degree in both English and French cultures from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and MA and Ph.D. in political science from

Haifa University The University of Haifa ( he, אוניברסיטת חיפה Arabic: جامعة حيفا) is a university located on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. Founded in 1963, the University of Haifa received full academic accreditation in 1972, becoming I ...

. He served as an advisor to the

Israeli Ministry of Defense The Ministry of Defense ( he, מִשְׂרַד הַבִּטָּחוֹן, Misrad HaBitahon, Ministry of Security, acronym: he, משהב"ט) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsible for defending the State of Isra ...

and participated in UN seminars preparing security at

Athens 2004 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

and

Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

Olympics. He also briefed Shanghai authorities involved in security at the

Expo 2010 Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the ...

threat assessment Threat assessment is the practice of determining the credibility and seriousness of a potential threat, as well as the probability that the threat will become a reality. Threat assessment is separate to the more established practice of violence- ...

to the event. In addition to his work at the IDC, Karmon is an associate fellow at ''

The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR) is a non-profit, non-governmental think tank based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London whose mission is to educate the public and he ...

'', in

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

, member of the ''International Permanent Observatory'' on security measures during major events at the ''

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is one of the five United Nations Research and Training Institutes. The Institute was founded in 1968 to assist the international community in formulating and imple ...

'', in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. Th ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, member of the ''International Institute for Security and Cooperation'', in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

, member of the ''Atlantic Forum of Israel'' and is involved in NATO workshops on terrorism and on the Mediterranean Dialogue, and Has been a Fellow at the ''Proteus Management Group'', at the ''Center for Strategic Leadership'',

U.S. Army War College The United States Army War College (USAWC) is a U.S. Army educational institution in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500-acre (2 km2) campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks. It provides graduate-level instruction to senior military offic ...

, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the editorial board of ''Revista Universitas/Relaçoes Internacionais'', journal of the ''Centro Universitário de Brasília'' and member of the scientific board of ''Centro Alti Studi per la lotta al terrorismo e alla violenza politica'', Italy.

Writings

Karmon has written extensively on international terrorism and strategic issues of the Middle East.

Books

* Hebrew - Coauthor with Robert A. Rockaway, 1996, לואיס פאראקן, אומת האסלאם והיהודים, Published by the American Jewish Committee * In December 2003, while he was a visiting fellow at The ''

Washington Institute for Near East Policy The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP or TWI, also known simply as The Washington Institute) is a pro-Israel American think tank based in Washington, D.C., focused on the foreign policy of the United States in the Near East. WINE ...

'', his policy memorandum, titled Fight on All Fronts? Hizballah, the War on Terror, and the War in Iraq was published by the Institute. * His book Coalitions between Terrorist Organizations: Revolutionaries, Nationalists, and Islamists was published in May 2005 by ''Brill Academic Publishers'' (Leiden and Boston) * His book Iran–Syria-Hizballah–Hamas: A Coalition against Nature. Why does it Work? was published by The Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, in May 2008.

Articles (Sample)

From
the

(ICT) site (2013–2014)
Earlier articles (1998 - 2012), from the same site

From "Ha'aretz"

From The Jerusalem Post

From "The Times of Israel" (2014)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karmon, Ely Living people 1941 births Israeli political scientists Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Academic staff of Reichman University Israeli Jews University of Haifa alumni Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni