Current Challenges to US Leadership

As Russia is poised to invade Ukraine, how does this affect the strategic relationship between Israel and her neighbors and Israel and the United States?

About the speaker: Dr. Emmanuel Navon is an International Relations expert who teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center (IDC). He is a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (a foreign policy think tank) and at the Kohelet Policy Forum (a public policy think tank), and a Senior Analyst for I24News (an Israel-based international TV channel). Navon has been described as “a new voice from Israel” for his sharp writing, public speaking, and TV interviews.

He has authored four books and dozens of articles that have appeared in prestigious journals such as the Review of International Studies and the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, and in world-class newspapers such as Le Monde and Newsweek. A sought-after public speaker, he has addressed the American Enterprise Institute, AIPAC, the Jewish Federations of North America, as well as leading universities such as Georgetown, Columbia, and Rice.

Navon is a frequent guest for American, French, and Israeli media, and he has appeared on Voice of America, on France 24, and on the Knesset Channel. Previously, Navon served as head of the Political Science and Communication Department at the Jerusalem Haredi College; as a founding partner of the Navon-Levy Group (a consultancy that promoted Israeli agricultural and energy projects in sub-Saharan Africa); as CEO of BNIC (an NGO that trained Israeli business leaders in diplomatic advocacy); and as a consultant with Arttic (a leading European consulting firm specialized in R&D funding).

Dr. Navon was born in Paris, France, in 1971 and went to a bilingual (French/English) school. He graduated in public administration from Sciences-Po, one of Europe’s most prestigious universities. In 1993 he moved to Israel, enrolled in the IDF, and earned a Ph.D. in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is equally and perfectly fluent in English, French, and Hebrew, and is conversant in German and Italian. He lives in Israel with his wife and their four children.