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Professional Affiliation

Raymond Frankel Chair, Israeli Politics and Society at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies & Professor of Politics, Brandeis University

Expert Bio

Feldman is the Raymond Frankel Chair in Israeli Politics and Society at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics at Brandeis University. From 2005 to 2019, Shai was the founder and Crown Family Director of the Crown Center. From 1997 to 2005, he served as head of Tel Aviv University鈥檚 Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies. He was a senior research associate at the Jaffee Center since its establishment in late 1977. In 2019-2022, he served as President of Sapir College in Sha鈥檃r Hanegev, Israel. Since 1997, he has also served as Board Associate of Harvard University鈥檚 Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. In 2001-2003, Shai served as a member of the UN Secretary General鈥檚 Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters Shai鈥檚 numerous publications include six books, the most recent of which is Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East, with Abdel Monem Said Aly and Khalil Shikaki (second edition, London: Bloomsbury, 2022). He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.