Guide to Specialists

Moshe Ma'oz
Senior Fellow, Jennings Randolph Fellowship Program
October 2004–July 2005

ARCHIVED SPECIALIST PROFILE

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Project Focus
Washington vs. Damascus: Quo Vadis?

Foreign Languages: Hebrew, Arabic

Background
Moshe Ma'oz is professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he has specialized on Syria, Palestine, and Arab-Israel relations. He has also held scholarly positions at prominent American and British research centers, including the Middle East Institute, Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, and the Wilson Center. Ma'oz twice served as director of the Harry S. Truman Institute for Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University. He served as an adviser to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Defense Minister Ezer Weizman, and on the Knesset Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense. Ma'oz received a Ph.D. in history of the modern Middle East from St. Antony's College and a master's degree from Hebrew University.

Available on usip.org

• Washington and Damascus: Between Confrontation and Cooperation
  Special Report, August 2005
• Washington and Syria: Cooperation or Confrontation?
  Senior Fellow Report, May 2005 (Summary & Audio)

Publications

• The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: Oslo and the Lessons of Failure (2002).
• Jerusalem: Points of Friction and Beyond (2000).
• Middle East Minorities: Between Integration and Conflict (1999).
• Syria and Israel: From War to Peacemaking (1995).