Jony Essa is a Neubauer Research Associate at INSS and a doctoral candidate in the International Relations department and the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations Graduate School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His dissertation is titled “What Explains Different Military Behavior? Jordan, Syria, and Egypt in a Comparative Perspective.” He holds a B.A. in international relations and English Literature and an M.A. in international relations, both from the Hebrew University and lectures on Middle East politics and culture at the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University. His primary areas of research include contemporary Middle Eastern military history, conflict processes (ethnopolitical conflict and civil wars), and the state, society, and security in the Middle East.
