Dr Gil Merom

BSc Hebrew University MA Cornell PhD Cornell

Dr. Merom’s research and teaching interests are in international security, world politics, national security, foreign policy, conflict resolution, strategy, intelligence, Israeli politics, guerrilla, counter-insurgency, and military intervention.

His recent publications include “New Patterns of Military Intervention” in A. Ben-Zvi and A. Klieman (eds.), Global Politics (London, Frank Cass, 2001); “Forecasting the Future of War” in Z. Maoz and A. Gat (eds.), War in a Changing World (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001); “The 1962 Cuban Intelligence Estimate: A Methodological Perspective”, Intelligence and National Security Vol.14.

Research Interests

• International relations
• Conflict resolution
• Guerrilla and counter-insurgency
• Intelligence
• International military intervention
• International security
• Realism
• Security

Publications

2007

Book Section/s

Merom G 2007 'The origins and implications of Western counterinsurgency failures' in Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contempory War, ed. J.Angstrom and I.Duyvesteyn, Routledge, London pp. 168-86.

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2007 'Globalization and Terrorism', The Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, vol.8, pp. 87-120.

2005

Book Section/s

Merom G 2005 forthcoming 'The origins and implications of Western modern counterinsurgency failures ' in The Nature of Victory and Defeat , ed. Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Jan Angstrom, Taylor and Francis, London.

2004

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2004 'The Social Origins of the French Capitulation in Algeria', Armed Forces & Society, vol.30, pp. 601- 628.

2003

Book/s

Merom G 2003 How Democracies Lose Small Wars, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Book Section/s

Merom G 2003 'The architecture and soft spots of Israeli grand strategy' in Strategic logic and political rationality - Essays in honor of Michael Handel, ed. Bradford Lee and Karl Walling, Frank Cass, London pp. 215-248.

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2003 'Elionut Tzvait Ve'hachraa Be'milhamot Ketanot', Keshet Ha'hadasha, vol.2:6, pp. 170-184.

Merom G 2003 'Realist Hypotheses on Regional Peace', The Journal of Stategic Studies, vol.26:1, pp. 109-135.

2001

Book Section/s

Merom G 2001 'Forecasting the Future of War: Foundations for an Algorithm' in War in a changing world, ed. Zeev Maoz and Azar Gat, University Of Michigan Press, Michigan pp. 207-225.

Merom G 2001 'New patterns of military intervention' in Global Politics - Essays in Honour of David Vital, ed. A Ben-Zvi and A Klieman, Frank Cass, London pp. 77-97.

1999

Journal Article/s

Merom G 1999 'Israel´s National Security and the Myth of Exceptionalism', Political Science Quarterly, pp. 409-434.

Merom G 1999 'The 1962 Cuban Intelligence estimate: A methodological perspective', Intelligence and National Security, vol.14:3, pp. 48-80.