Dr. Eran Lerman
Strategy, Diplomacy, and Security
Ph.D. in Economics and Political Science, London School of Economics
B.A. in Modern Middle Eastern History and General History, Tel Aviv University (Summa cum Laude)
Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman is a lecturer at Shalem College in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and the Department of Strategy, Diplomacy, and Security. He also teaches at the Tel Aviv University Department of Political Science.
He is Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (where many of his recent writings can be found, at www.jiss.org.il) and has served between 2021-2024 as editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune (https://www.jstribune.com/).
Dr. Lerman has been a leader in formulating Israel’s strategic alignment with key Mediterranean partners. A historian by training and the former deputy for foreign policy and international affairs at Israel’s National Security Council, he has also served as director of the American Jewish Committee’s Israel/Middle East Office and in senior positions at the Israel Defense Forces’ Directorate of Military Intelligence.
He holds a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics and a mid-career MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
On the personal level, Dr. Lerman is a third generation “Sabra”. He is married to Annelies and is a father of three and the proud grandfather of six.
Selected Publications
Britain’s Imperial Position in Egypt, 1942–1947: The Politics of National Aspirations and the Emergence of the Post-War Order (Eastbourne, East Sussex: Sussex Academic Press: 2021).