Dr Gil Merom

BSc Hebrew University MA Cornell PhD Cornell

BACKGROUND

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

Research Interests

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

TEACHING

Current Courses

• GOVT1202 - World Politics
• GOVT2225 - International Security in 21st Century

PUBLICATIONS

Books Authored and Edited

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

Refereed Journal Articles

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

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

Merom, G 2003, "Elionut Tzvait Ve'hachraa Be'milhamot Ketanot", Keshet Ha'hadasha, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 170-184.

Merom, G 2003, "Realist Hypotheses on Regional Peace", The Journal of Stategic Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 109-135.

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, no. 3, pp. 48-80.

Book Chapters

Merom, G 2007, "The origins and implications of Western counterinsurgency failures", in J Angstrom & I Duyvesteyn (eds), Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contempory War, Routledge, London.

Merom, G 2005, "The origins and implications of Western modern counterinsurgency failures", in I Duyvesteyn and J Angstrom (eds), The Nature of Victory and Defeat, Taylor and Francis, London.

Merom, G 2003, "The architecture and soft spots of Israeli grand strategy", in B Lee & K Walling (eds), Strategic logic and political rationality - Essays in honor of Michael Handel, Frank Cass, London.

Merom, G 2001, "Forecasting the Future of War: Foundations for an Algorithm", in Z Maoz and A Gat (eds), War in a changing world, University Of Michigan Press, Michigan.

Merom, G 2001, "New patterns of military intervention", in A Ben-Zvi, A Klieman & Frank Cass (eds), Global Politics - Essays in Honour of David Vital, London.