Dr. Isaac Kfir

Isaac Kfir continues as a Visiting Professor of International Relations and Law at Syracuse University for the 2012 academic year. He was a Schusterman Visiting Professor at Syracuse University for the 2009-2011 academic years. He is an Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary Centre (IDC) Herzliya and a Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), Herzliya. Prior to Israel, he served as a Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Buckingham. Isaac received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics (1999) in International Relations and has a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from BPP Law School 

Isaac's research centers on political and conflict transformation in South Asia (primarily in relation to Pakistan and Afghanistan) and the Greater Middle East. He specifically examines issues relating to post-conflict reconstruction (security issues) and transitional justice (restorative and retributive justice). His other research looks at the effect of Islamic radicalism within the Arab-Israeli conflict. He lectures on post conflict reconstruction and reconciliation; how state and non-state actors combat Islamic terrorism; UN peacekeeping operations in Africa and the Middle East; Islamic radicalism; and democratic theory in relation to developing nations (South Asia and Africa). Isaac has published with Studies in Conflict and Terrorism; Middle East Review of International Affairs; Joint Forces Quarterly, etc. and is currently writing two books, the first focuses on Pakistan and democracy, and the second on fighting corruption and terrorism using Hamas and al-Qaeda as test cases.