Ely Karmon

Senior Research Scholar at The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, Israel. Lectures on international terrorism and CBRN terrorism at the M.A. Counterterrorism Studies at IDC. Member of the UN Security Council Affairs Division (SCAD) Roster of Experts on terrorism and counter-terrorism. Member of the International Permanent Observatory (IPO) on Security Measures during Majors Events at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), Turin, Italy (2002-2008). In this framework he participated in UN seminars preparing security at Athens Olympics (2004), Turin Winter Olympics (2006) and Beijing 2008 Olympics. Served as advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and to the Anti-Semitism Monitoring Forum of the Israeli Government Secretariat. Fields of research include political violence, international terrorism, CBRN terrorism, and the strategic influence of terrorism and subversion in the Middle East and worldwide. Frequent commentator on Middle Eastern issue in the Israeli media and numerous media outlets worldwide.