Dr. Eran Lerman
Deputy National Security Adviser for Foreign Policy and International Affairs at the Prime Minister's Office, 2009-2015. Represented the American Jewish Committee as the Director, Israel and Middle East Office, 2001-2009. Served in the IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence – Analysis and Production Division (Hativat ha-Mehkar) in senior analytical posts, 1990-2001; retired at the rank of Colonel.
Granted a Ph.D. by the London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) in October 1982 for a dissertation on "The Egyptian Question, 1942-1947: The Deterioration of Britain's Position in Egypt, al-Alamein to the U.N. Debate of 1947", under the supervision of Prof. Elie Kedourie. Wexner Program Fellow (mid-career MPA at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard), 1995-1996. Graduated Summa cum Laude from Tel Aviv University in 1979, in the Departments of Modern Middle Eastern History and General History. Taught in Haifa University's Department of Political Science, 1989-1990, as a recipient of the Alon Grant.
