American Middle Eastern Foreign Policy; U.S.-Israeli Relations; Israeli Foreign and Security Policy; The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; E.U.-Israel Relations.

Dr. Saltzman teaches international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds an M.A. in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (magna cum laude) and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Haifa. Dr. Saltzman was a research fellow at the International Security Program (ISP), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University. He is the author of Securitizing Balance of Power Theory: A Polymorphic Reconceptualization (2012). Dr. Saltzman is currently working on projects dealing with cyber warfare, US-Russian relations, the rise of China and Soviet interwar grand strategy.

Contact: ilai.saltzman@claremontmckenna.edu​