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Dr. Eldad Ben Aharon is a Lecturer in International Relations of the Middle East at the University of Groningen and a Minerva Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF). He holds a Ph.D. in History from Royal Holloway, University of London (2019), an M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from the University of Amsterdam (2014), and a B.A. in International Relations from The Open University in Jerusalem (2011).
Research Interests:
Dr. Ben Aharon specializes in Israel’s diplomatic history, Turkey’s foreign policy, intelligence history, counter-terrorism, oral history theory and practice, Jewish transnationalism, and the memory of the Holocaust and Armenian genocide. His work bridges historical inquiry with contemporary international relations, focusing on contested memory’s impact on state behavior.
Publications & Engagement:
His recent articles explore topics like
- Armenian Genocide recognition and its geopolitical implications
- Israel’s Cold War-era alliances with Turkey
- Oral history methodology in elite interviews
- Memory politics in shaping foreign policy
