Kostiner, "The Gulf States: Politics, Society, Economy," (2012) Notable staff Uzi Rabi, Ph.D., current director. His specialisations include the modern history of states and societies in the Persian Gulf, state building in the Middle East, oil and politics in the Middle East, Iranian-Arab relations, and Sunni-Shi’i tensions. Itamar Rabinovich, Ph.D. Former Ambassador to the United States. Researcher in the history and politics of Syria and Lebanon. Shimon Shamir, Ph.D. Former Ambassador to Egypt and Jordan, and former director of the Reuven Shiloah Institute. Irit Back, Ph.D. head of African studies and author of "Intervention and Sovereignty in Africa: Conflict Resolution and International Organisations in Darfur," (2016). Ofra Bengio, Ph.D. head of Kurdish studies, and editor of "The Kurds: Nation-Building in a Fragmented Homeland," (2014). Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Ph.D. senior research fellow, and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Asher Susser, Ph.D. senior research fellow, professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University, and a former director of the Moshe Dayan Center. Paul Rivlin, Ph.D. senior research fellow, and editor of Iqtisadi: Middle East Economy. Mira Tzoreff, Ph.D. research fellow Esti Webman, Ph.D. senior researcher Eyal Zisser, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, former director, and currently the Vice-Rector of Tel Aviv University References External links The Moshe Dayan Center Official site Think tanks based in Israel Tel Aviv University Organizations established in 1983