Education: BA, Arabic and Modern Middle East History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MA, PhD, International Relations, Tel-Aviv University

Career: Efraim Karsh is Professor and Head of Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London. Following graduation, he was a research analyst for the Israel Defence Forces, where he attained the rank of Major. He has held various academic posts at Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Sorbonne, the London School of Economics, Helsinki University, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington DC, and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel-Aviv University. Professor Karsh has published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs, Soviet foreign policy, and European neutrality, and is a founding editor of the journal Israel Affairs (see url below). He is a regular media commentator and has appeared on all the main radio and TV networks in the UK and USA.

Publications include: The Cautious Bear: Soviet Military Engagement in Middle East Wars in the Post 1967 Era 1985, The Soviet Union and Syria: The Asad Years 1988, Soviet Policy Towards Syria Since 1970, 1991, Neutrality and Small States 1988, Saddam Hussein: A Political Biography (co-author) 1991, The Gulf Conflict 1990–1991: Diplomacy and War in The New World Order (co-author) 1993, Fabricating Israeli History: The “New Historians” 1997 (second edition 1999), Empires of the Sand: The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789–1922 (co-author) 1999, The Iran-Iraq War 2002, The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Palestine 1948 War 2002, Rethinking the Middle East 2003, Arafat’s War 2003, La Guerre d'Oslo (co-author) 2005, Islamic Imperialism: A History 2006; numerous articles in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The London Times, The Sunday Times, and The Daily Telegraph

Contact details: Address: Mediterranean Studies, King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, England; Tel: +44 (0)20 7836-5454; Fax: +44 (0)20 7848-2325; Email: efraim.karsh@kcl.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/med/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13537121.asp/ .