Efraim Karsh is a leading scholar of Middle Eastern affairs, serving as Director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Professor of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University. He is Professor Emeritus of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King’s College London, where he founded and directed the Middle East and Mediterranean Studies Program for 16 years. A Principal Research Fellow and former Director of the Middle East Forum, Karsh also edits the scholarly journal Middle East Quarterly and co-founded Israel Affairs, and more. Karsh’s academic career has included positions at prominent institutions like Harvard, Columbia, the Sorbonne, and the London School of Economics. He has written extensively on Middle Eastern politics, Israeli history, and European neutrality, with works such as Palestine Betrayed challenging conventional narratives about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.