From 2013 – 2018, Avi served as the Salisbury Fellow of Intelligence and Middle East Affairs for the Eisenhower Institute.

Under his leadership, Inside The Middle East | Inside The Middle East [ITME], grew from an undergraduate initiative, to include briefings, classes, courses, and fellowships from campuses to communities to Capitol Hill, directly impacting the outlook, educational path, and career trajectory of thousands of current and future leaders.

Today, an independent 501c3, ITME has the same mission – to provide a non-partisan education on the contemporary Middle East while teaching critical analysis in an innovative and engaging fashion. ITME’s goal is to ensure that the next generation of policy influencers will be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to independently and accurately decipher the Middle East and accurately predict the direction of future events.

Today ITME reaches millions around the world – counteracting the tide of oversimplified narratives and misinformation with articles, videos, media interviews across the globe!