Kobi Michael is a senior research fellow and the editor-in-chief of Strategic Assessment at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, as well as senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies. He is a visiting professor at the International Centre for Policing and Security University of South Wales UK. His research and expertise ranges from Israeli national security and strategy, as well as civil-military and socio-military relations, to UNRWA and its legacy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.