Giora Eliraz

Giora Eliraz is a prominent academic and researcher specializing in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, with a focus on political culture, democracy-building, Islamic radicalism, and state-religion relations. Currently, he holds multiple affiliations, including as an Associate Fellow at the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an Affiliate Instructor at the Jackson School of International Studies (University of Washington, Seattle), a Research Associate at the Forum for Regional Thinking (FORTH), a Research Fellow at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, and a member of a research group at Minerva Humanities Center, Tel Aviv University.

Research Interests:

• Modern Indonesia: state-religion relations, democracy, political culture, civil society, Islamic discourse, radicalization, and militancy.
• Comparative studies between Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
• Global perspectives on Islamic radicalism and militancy, with emphasis on Southeast Asia.
• Muslim minorities in Southeast Asia.
• Middle Eastern foreign policy.
• Malaysia's state-religion dynamics.

Contact: eliraz-g@bezeqint.net