Itamar Rabinvich Biography

Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich is Israel's former Ambassador to the United States and former Chief Negotiator with Syria in the mid 1990's. He is the incumbent of the Ettinger Chair of Contemporary Middle Eastern History of Tel Aviv University. He has recently completed an eight year term as the University's resident. Prof. Rabinovich has been a member of Tel Aviv University faculty since 1971 and served as Chairman of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Director of the Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Dean of Humanities and Rector. He progressed through the academic ranks and was promoted to full Professor of Middle Eastern History.

Professor Rabinovich is the author of numerous books and other academic works. He is the author of six books on the Modern History and Politics of the Middle East and the co-author and co-editor of several other volumes. His most recent books are The Brink of Peace, Waging Peace (Princeton University Press),and The View from Damascus (Valentine Mitchell, 2008).

Over the years, Professor Rabinovich held numerous public positions in Israel and in other countries. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the Dan David Foundation, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Wexner-Israel Program, a member of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Brookings Institution in Washington and a member of the Board of Bank Leumi, USA, and amember of the International Advisory Board of The American Interest; He is the Vice Chairman of the INSS

"Institute for National Security Studies" affiliated with TAU, and has recently joined the International Advisory Council of APCO WORLDWIDE.

Professor Rabinovich has held visiting appointments in several academic institutions, including the Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Toronto. He was for several years the Andrew White Professor at Large at Cornell University, and has recently served as Charles and Andrea Bronfman Distinguished Fellow at the Saban Center, Brookings Institution. He is currently a distinguished Global Professor at New York University and Visiting Professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Professor Rabinovich is a member of the American Philosophical Society. He has been awarded the Honorary Grand Golden Cross of the Austrian Republic and has been made by the Government of the French Republic a Commandeur l'ordre des Palmes Académiques.

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