Profiles

- 2003: Senior Research Fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Center, Inter-Disciplinary Center, Herzliya.

- 2000-2002: Adviser on International Affairs to the Deputy Minister of National Infrastructures.

- 1998-2002: Research Assistant at Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University.

- 1996-2000: Editor and Foreign Press Liaison at the Government Press Office, Jerusalem.

- Middle Eastern Geopolitics and related Foreign Policy

- Political trends in the modern Middle East.

- Strategic Analysis

- Modern anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East

- Islamist ideologies and related movements

1998-2003: PHD in International Relations, written under the supervision of Professor Antony Smith, at the London School of Economics.

1995-6: MSC in International Politics of the Middle East, at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Grade: Distinction.

1987-91: BSC in Economics and Diplomatic History, London School of Economics.

Languages: English, Hebrew (fluent), French, (partial). Arabic (partial).

Recent and Scheduled Public lectures

8^th September, 2007, “New moves in the Mid-East diplomatic process,” to leadership delegation of British National Union of Students, Jerusalem.

19^th September, 2007, “Will there be peace in the Middle East?” Pinner United Synagogue, London, UK.

Recent Electronic Media Appearances:

-CNN

-BBC World News

-BBC News 24

-Israel Channel 1 News in Arabic

-National Public Radio

-BBC Radio Scotland

-Israel Channel 1 News in English

-BBC Radio 4

-BBC Radio 5.

-Voice of Peace Radio.

-IBA English News

-Al Jazeera - English

Jonathan Spyer's articles and analysis of the current political situation in the Middle East have been published in a number of important journals, including the Guardian, Haaretz, the Jerusalem Post, MERIA, the Forward, the Global Politician, and others.

Jonathan Spyer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Center , IDC, Herzliya. He writes and lectures widely on the subjects of the Arab-Israeli conflict, modern political ideologies in the Middle East and Israeli political history. He is a former advisor on international affairs at the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, and a former official of the Government Press Office, an agency within the Israel Prime Minister’s Office.

Jonathan Spyer is London-born, but has lived in Jerusalem for the past 16 years. His background is in research and public service in Israel.

After completing his military service in the IDF in 1993, Spyer studied for a masters degree in the politics of the modern Middle East via the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Following this, from 1996 to 2000, he served as an official of the Government Press Office in Jerusalem. After leaving the GPO in 2000, Spyer began work on his doctoral studies. He received his PhD in international relations in 2003.

In the period 2000-2002, Spyer was employed as an adviser on international affairs at the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures. Since 2003, he has held a senior research fellowship at the Global Research in International Affairs Center, the international affairs thinktank of the Inter-Disciplinary Center in Herzliya. The Center publishes the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA).