Editorial Board

Dr. Pnina Shuker specializes in national security, public opinion, and foreign policy issues. Pnina servs as the Editor-in-Chief of "Nexus"; a postdoctoral fellow at the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa ; research associate at the Weidenfeld Institute for Jewish Studies. She also serves as a Visiting Fellow at the University of South Wales; a lecturer at Haifa University, Tel Aviv University, and "Shalem" College; and as a research fellow at JISS – Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. She served as a Deputy Editor of the "Jerusalem Strategic Tribune", a journal for strategic and diplomatic affairs; as a Neubauer Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv (INSS); and as the Director of International Programs at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Pnina received her BA and MA, specializing in Strategy and National Security at the Political Science department at Bar Ilan University. Her doctoral dissertation, also written at the Political Science Department of Bar Ilan University, focuses on the perception of the democratic society as sensitive to casualties and its impact on dealing with strategic threats through comparative analysis between Britain, Israel, and the United States. Read more »

Dr. Barda holds a Ph.D. in American Political history and International Affairs, specializing in research on Grassroots lobbies groups and their influence on Israel-U.S. relations. A senior researcher at the Haifa Laboratory for Religious Studies at the University of Haifa, Israel. Host and owner of the podcast “America Baby”. Read more »

Journalist; Lecturer; Researcher (World News, Terrorism & intel, N. Ireland) Read more »

Dr. Maayan Karen Raveh is an experienced researcher and project manager in the fields of interfaith dialogue, religion and politics, and international development. Holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Read more »