Avi Melamed

Avi Melamed is an expert on current affairs in the Arab & Muslim World and their impact on Israel & the Middle East. A former Israeli Intelligence Official & Senior Official on Arab Affairs, Fluent in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, he has held high-risk Government, Senior Advisory, Intelligence & Counter-Terrorist intelligence positions in Arab cities & communities - often in very sensitive times - on behalf of Israeli Government agencies. He is the Founder & CEO of Inside the Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives - an apolitical non-partisan curriculum using intelligence methodology to examine the Middle East. As an Author, Educator, Expert, and Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Avi provides Intelligence Analysis, Briefings, and Geopolitical Tours to diplomats, Israeli and foreign policymakers, global media outlets, and a wide variety of international businesses, organizations, and private clients on a range of Israel and Middle East Affairs.

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Gaza Begins To Reopen to the World, Testing Israel’s Postwar Strategy | THE MEDIA LINE

Gaza Begins To Reopen to the World, Testing Israel’s Postwar Strategy | THE MEDIA LINE | Find Avi Melamed's insights quoted by Keren Setton in this article for the THE MEDIA LINE. “Rafah is important...

AVI MELAMED’S RESOURCES

MIDDLE EAST NEWSAND ANALYSIS THINK TANKS > Israeli < Institute forNational Security Studies Meir Amit Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern & African Studies The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) at Reichman...

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> Sources on Middle Eastern Politics < Mr Vatanka's articles can be found at www.vatanka.com or here: https://mei.edu/person/alex-vatanka/ Debates “inside” of Iran about regime’s policies on US, Israel, Russia, reform, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpwHwpNeOII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8tvmbfVUTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5J05gB2F2c Iranian website on foreign relations http://www.irdiplomacy.ir/en @alexvatanka Alex Vatanka is a Senior...

The mountains are our only friends: The story of the Kurds _ Episode 1 | AiTME #18

The mountains are our only friends: The story of the Kurds | AiTME #18 | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. The burst of clashes between Syrian Kurds and the Syrian...

Western Theory and Middle East Reality: The Consequences of a Flipped Lens | Avi Melamed

Western Theory and Middle East Reality: The Consequences of a Flipped Lens | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. One of the issues on which Avi Melamed consistently sheds light in...

Western Theory and Middle East Reality: The Consequences of a Flipped Lens | AiTME #17

Western Theory and Middle East Reality: The Consequences of a Flipped Lens | AiTME #17 | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. One of the issues on which Avi Melamed consistently...

Yemen – A Portrait of Chaos – Analysis | Avi Melamed

Yemen – A Portrait of Chaos - Analysis | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. When people hear the word Yemen, they usually think of a distant, endless civil war—tragic, confusing,...

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adi stern Adi Stern is an undergraduate researcher studying International Politics with a concentration in International Security and a minor in Arabic at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. She brings a multilingual and cross-regional...

Turkey, Gaza, and the Risk of Strategic Ambiguity | Avi Melamed

Turkey, Gaza, and the Risk of Strategic Ambiguity | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. As discussions advance about post-war arrangements in Gaza, Turkey’s potential role is increasingly raised as a...

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