Name
Kobi Michael
Date 14/08/2013
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
• Personal Details
Name: Kobi Michael
Date and place of birth: Israel, 17/10/1960
Date of immigration
Regular military service: 31/01/1979 – 31/12/2000
Address and telephone number at work – Ariel University – Political Science and Middle
East Studies Department
Address and telephone number at home – Bikuray Anavim 16 Ashkelon Israel 78310
• Education
B.A. / B.Sc. – Behavioral Science, 1990-1992, Ben-Gurion University - Social Behavior
Department (cum laude).
M.A. / M.Sc. – Conflict Resolution, 2000-2001, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem –
International Department and Swiss
Center of Conflicts Research (cum
laude).
Name of advisor – Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov
Title of thesis
Ph.D./ D.Sc. / M.D. – 2001-2004, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, International
Relations and Swiss Center of Conflicts Research
Name of advisor – Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov
Title of thesis - The Army's Influence on the
Transition Process from War to
Peace - The Israeli Case - Focused
Comparative Research: The Peace
Process with Egypt and the Oslo
Process
• Employment History (in reverse chronological order, including sabbatical leave)
Years – 2008-2011
Rank - Lecturer
University/Institution – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel – The Program of
Conflict Resolution
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Years – 2007-2010
Rank - Lecturer (adjunct)
University/Institution – Inter Disciplinary Center Hertzelia
Years – 2007 - 2009
Rank - Lecturer (adjunct)
University/Institution – Tel-Aviv University - The Evans Program for Conflict
Research
Years – 2007-2009
Rank - Lecturer and tutor
University/Institution – IDF - The National Security College
Years – 2006 – 2007
Rank - Visiting professor
University/Institution – Northwestern University, USA – Department of Political
Science
Years – 2005-2006
Rank – Post Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer (adjunct)
University/Institution – Northwestern University, USA – Department of Political
Science
Years – 2004-2007
Rank - Research fellow and Post Doctoral fellow
University/Institution – The Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of
Peace - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Years – 2004 - 2005
Rank - Lecturer (adjunct)
University/Institution – Tel-Aviv University - The Evans Program for Conflict
Research
Years – 2003 – 2005
Rank - Lecturer and tutor
University/Institution – IDF - The National Security College
Years - 2004-2005
Rank - Lecturer (adjunct)
University/Institution - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Kobi Michael Ph.D.
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• Professional Activities (in reverse chronological order)
(a) Positions in academic administration (departmental, faculty and
university)
Years - Title/Function - University
(b) Professional functions outside universities/institutions
Years
Function
Topic
Institution
2009 - 2010
Project Coordinator
State Building
Operations and Failed
States
2009
Team Member
The concept of security
in the Israeli context –
Militarism and
Democracy
The Tami Steinmetz
Center - Tel-Aviv
University with SiencesPolitic (France)
S. Daniel Abraham Center
for Strategic Dialogue
Netanya Academic
College
2009 -
Team member
Trust in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict
The
Tami
Center
University
2008 - 2009
Team member
International
involvement in the
Israeli-Palestinian
arena
INSS
(International
National Security Studies)
and
IPI
(International
Peace Institute)
2000 -
Team member
Future political
arrangements in The
Holy Basin in
Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Institute
for Israel Studies
2007 - 2010
Coordinator and team
member
Alternative paradigms
for the IsraeliPalestinian conflict
The Jerusalem Institute
for Israel Studies
2006 - 2007
Team member
Military
Mission
Effectiveness in Peace
Support Operations
NATO Defense College in
Rome
2004 - 2006
Coordinator and team
member
Peacekeeping Forces
The Jerusalem Institute
for Israel Studies with
the Mauro Centre for
Peace and Justice and
the Centre for Defense
and Security Studies in
the University of
Manitoba, Canada
2004 - 2007
Team member
Civil-Military relations
in Israel
Van
Leer
Jerusalem
2003 - 2005
Coordinator and team
member
The security fence in
Jerusalem and its
impacts
The Jerusalem Institute
for Israel Studies
2003 - 2005
Coordinator and team
member
The collapse of Oslo
Process and the
management of the
violent conflict between
The Jerusalem Institute
for Israel Studies
Israel and the Palestinians
Steinmetz
Tel-Aviv
Institute,
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(c) Significant professional consulting
2009 -
2000 2007-2007
2003-2005
1979 - 2000
The Ministry of Strategic
Affairs – PMO – Government
of Israel
The Jerusalem Institute for
Israel Studies Senior
The Israeli National Security
Council (NSC) at the Prime
Minister's Office in Jerusalem
IPCRI – Israeli-Palestinian
Center for Research and
Information
IDF
Deputy Director General and Director
of the Palestinian and Neighboring
Countries Division
Researcher, member of the institute's
think-tank
Senior Adviser for Peacekeeping
Operations and the Palestinians
Israeli co-director of the Strategic
Affairs Unit
Military services, IDF (last rank - Lt.
Colonel) in different roles, including a
key role in the setting up and
commanding on the IsraeliPalestinian security cooperation
apparatus in the context of the
implementation of the Oslo
agreements.
d) Editor or member of editorial board of scientific or professional journal
Period of editorship or
Position/Function
Name of journal and scope of interest
and topics
2011 -
Editorial Board & Reviewer
Infinity Journal – Strategy, Warfare,
National Security
2010 -
Reviewer
Journal of Contemporary Security
Policy - Strategy, Security Studies,
National Security, COIN, Civil-Military
Relations
2010 -
Reviewer
The Journal of Peace Research
Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution,
War, Social Change
2009 -
Reviewer
The Journal of Public Sphere Political Science, Governance,
Strategy, Conflict Resolution, Social
Change
2007 -
Reviewer
FPA – The Journal of Foreign Policy
Analysis - Strategy, War and Peace,
Israeli foreign policy
2005 -
Reviewer
Armed Forces & Society - -CivilMilitary Relations in Israel, Military
sociology, National Security
membership on editorial
board
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(f) Membership in professional/scientific societies
2007 – The Israeli Association of Political Science
2010 – The Israeli Association of Civil-Military Researches – Member of the Directing Board
2003 – Inter University Seminar – Armed Forces & Society
• Educational activities
(a) Courses taught
1. 2009- 2010 - Between Militarism and Statesmanship in the Transition Process from
War to Peace – MA – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2. 2008-2010 - Conflict Resolution – MA – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
3. 2009-2010 - How to Build A State – 21st Century Peace-building Operations - MA –
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
4. 2007-2010 - The Military, National Security, Strategy and Statesmanship (seminar in
English) – MA – IDC Herzelia.
5. 2007-2010 - Peacekeeping Operations in Conflict Zones – BA - IDC Herzelia.
6. 2008-2009 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – From Conflict Resolution to Conflict
Management – Is There A Way Back? – MA – Tel-Aviv University.
7. 2008-2009
–
Peacekeeping
Operations
as
International
Conflict
Resolution
Mechanism - MA – Tel-Aviv University.
8. 2007-2008 – Anatomy of A Paradox – Oslo Process as A Breakthrough Failure - MA –
Tel-Aviv University.
9. 2007-2008 – Civil-Military Relations in Israel – MA – National Defense College.
10. 2006-2007 – Civil-Military Relations in Israel – BA – Northwestern University Evanston
Chicago USA.
11. 2006-2007 – Oslo Process as From Conflict Resolution to Conflict Management - BA –
Northwestern University Evanston Chicago USA.
12. 2004-2005 - Civil-Military Relations in Israel – MA – National Defense College.
13. 2004-2005 – The Israeli-Palestinian Security Cooperation – What Went Wrong? - MA –
Tel-Aviv University.
14. 2004 – Civil-Military Relations in Israel – MA – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
15. 2003 – Civil-Military Relations in Israel – BA – Haifa University.
(b) Research students
1. 2010-2012 - Ilana Kartwin - Master thesis Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Declaration
of War as a means to transform an asymmetrical conflict: The Israeli case - reexamining
the conflict with the Hamas in Gaza.
2. 2010-2012 - Dana Duldner – Master thesis Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Conflict
in an Era of “Clash of Civilizations: between the “West World” and the “Fundamentalist
Islam”: The Case of Muslim-Pakistani Migrants in Britain.
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3. 2010-2012 - Avigdor Shapira - Master thesis Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – The
American Engagement Strategy as a Conflict Resolution Strategy.
4. 2011 - Saar Rave – Doctorate dissertation The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – The
Military Learning Process in Low Intensity Conflicts– A comparative study between the first
and the second intifadas.
5.
2009 - Sharon Zinger – Doctorate dissertation Ben-Gurion University of the Negev –
Peacekeeping Operations in Failed States (has not finished due to personal reasons).
6.
2009 - Yasmin Schindler – Doctorate dissertation Ben-Gurion University – The Meaning of
Military Victory in Afghanistan and Its Implications Regarding the Political Goal and Conflict
Resolution (after almost two years of efforts and very good progress in the theoretical
review and case studies descriptions I have reached to the conclusion that she is failing
making the right progress in the analytical discussion and therefore, I recommended her to
quit).
• Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships
(a) Honors, Citation Awards (including during studies)
2009 – The Israeli Political Science Association Prize for the Best
Book of the Year for my book Between Militarism and Statesmanship in
Israel that was published in 2008.
2006 - Itzhak Sade Prize for military literature for a book he contributed
three chapters.
2006 - Itzhak Sade Prize for Military Literature for the book The IsraeliPalestinian Conflict, From a Peace Process to Violent Confrontation 20002005, edited by Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel
Studies, Jerusalem (where I contributed 3 chapters).
2005 – The ANNUAL TSHETSHIK PRIZE which is given annually by The
Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University for a book or
original piece of research relating to Israeli Security. The prize was given
for the doctoral dissertation.
2002 – The YARIV AWARD For Advanced Research on the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. The award was given for the research about the
causes for the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation
following the Oslo accords.
(b) Fellowships (e.g. Fullbright)
Year - granting institution or foundation - amount ($) purpose of fellowship
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• Scientific Publications (Title in original language and translation into English.
Suggested formats follow; this order is not essential, but all information should be included and consistent. The
entries in each category should be numbered separately. Indicate with an asterisk publications since last promotion)
(a) Authored books
1. Kobi Michael. ‫בין צבאיות למדינאות בישראל – השפעת הצבא על תהליכי מעבר ממלחמה לשלום‬
Between Militarism and Statesmanship in Israel: Military Influence on Peace Processes,
Tel-Aviv University Press, Tel-Aviv, 2008 (269 pages).
2. Kobi Michael. ‫ משמעויות וכיווני פעולה אפשריים‬,‫ היוזמה הערבית – הזדמנות היסטורית? רקע‬The
Arab Peace Initiative – A Historic Opportunity? Background, Meanings, and Possible
Avenues of Exploration. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, 2007 (107
pages).
3. Kobi Michael and Amnon Ramon (2004). A Fence around Jerusalem – The Construction
of the Security Fence ("Separation Fence") Around Jerusalem – General Background
and Implications for the City and its Metropolitan Area, Jerusalem: The Jerusalem
Institute for Israel Studies (Hebrew and English 112 pages).
(b) Editorship of collective volumes
1. Kobi Michael, David Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari. The Transformations in the World of War
and Peace Support Operations, Praeger Security International (PSI – Greenwood
Publication Group USA) 2009 (218 pages).
2. Kobi Michael and Mohammad Dajani. “The Role of the International Community,”
Palestine Israel Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture, Vol.13 No.4, MIDDLE EAST
PUBLICATIONS, 2007 (128 pages).
3. Kobi Michael and David Kellen. Stabilizing the Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level conflict Zone Considerations for a Multinational Peace Support Operation (co-editing with David
Kellen). The Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace – the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 2007 (191 pages).
4. Sean Byrne, James Fergusson, Eyal Ben-Ari and Kobi Michael. Old Conflict, New
Challenges – Peace-building in Israeli-Palestinian Relations. (co-editing with), Bison
Paper 8, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada, January 2006 (110 pages).
(c) Chapters in collective volumes - Conference proceedings, Festschrifte, etc. - consecutive numbers
1. Kobi Michael (2011). ‫"חולשת המדינאות – מי באמת מעצב את אסטרטגיית הביטחון והשלום של‬
"‫“ ישראל ומדוע‬The Statesmanship Weakness – Who Really Shapes the Security and
Peace Strategy of Israel and Why?”, in Ephraim Lavie (ed.), Military-Civil Relations in
Israel – Implications on War and Peace Decision Making, The Tami Steinmetz Center for
Peace Research, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, pp. 45-50.
2. Kobi Michael (2010). “The Geo-political Environment as A Strategic Barrier of the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict”, in Barriers to Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, edited by
Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 340362.
3. Kobi Michael (2010). “Military Knowledge and Weak Civilian Control in the Reality of Low
Intensity Conflict – The Israeli Case”, in Militarism and Israeli Society, edited by Gabriel
Sheffer and Oren Barak, Indiana Press University, pp. 42-66.
4. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari (2009). "Wars and Peace Support Operations in the
Contemporary World: Conceptual Clarifications and Suggestions," in Transformations in
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the World of Warfare and Peace Support Operations, edited by Kobi Michael, David
Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari, Praeger Security International (PSI), pp. 1-20.
5.
"Kobi Michael (2009). ‫ידע בנוגע ישראל – מדינאות צבאית או צבאיות פוליטית – צה"ל כסמכות‬
‫ לסוגיות ביטחון לאומי‬Israel – Militaristic Statesmanship or Political Militarism – The IDF As
An Epistemic Authority Regarding Central Issues of National Security:, in Ephraim Lavie
(ed.), 40 Years of Occupation: The Effects on Israeli Society, The Tami Steinmetz Center
for Peace Research, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, pp. 125-141.
6. Kobi Michael and David Kellen (2009). "Peacekeeping and Cultural Intelligence," in
Transformations in the World of Warfare and Peace Support Operations, edited by Kobi
Michael, David Kellen and Eyal Ben-Ari, Praeger Security International (PSI), pp. 260287.
7. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov and Kobi Michael (2008). ‫פלסטיני‬-‫"ירושלים כחסם בסכסוך הישראלי‬
Jerusalem as A Barrier in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," in Ora Ahimeir and Yaacov
Bar-Siman-Tov (eds.), Forty Years in Jerusalem 1967-2007, The Jerusalem Institute for
Israel Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 459-470.
8. Kobi Michael (2008). ‫" כשהרשות מרכינה ראש בפני סמכות הידע‬When the Authority Bends in
front of the Source of Knowledge", in An Army that Has A State? New Approaches to
Civil-Security Relations in Israel, edited by Gabi Shefer, Oren Barak, and Amiram Oren,
Carmel Publication, Jerusalem, pp. 121-146.
9. Kobi Michael (2007). ‫“ ישראל והיוזמה הערבית – בין סיכוי לבין סיכון‬Israel and the Arab
Initiative – Between Prospect and Risk,” in Kobi Michael (ed.), The Arab Peace Initiative
– A Historic Opportunity? Background, Meanings, and Possible Avenues of Exploration,
The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 97-103.
10. Kobi Michael (2007). “Doing the Right Thing the Right WAY; The Challenges of Military
Mission Effectiveness in Peace Support Operations in a “War Amongst the People”
Theater,” in Cees, M. Coops and Szvircsev Tibor Tresch (eds.) Cultural Challenges in
Military Operations. NATO Defense College, Research Division, Rome, pp. 254-263.
11. Kobi Michael and David Kellen (2007). "International Intervention in the IsraeliPalestinian Bi-Level Conflict Zone: What Went Wrong and What Can be Done," in Kobi
Michael and David Kellen (eds.), Stabilizing the Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level conflict Zone Considerations for a Multinational Peace Support Operation, The Truman Institute for the
Advancement of Peace – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, pp. 18-39.
12. Kobi Michael, Y. Bar Siman-Tov, E. Lavie and D. Bar-Tal (2007). “The Israeli-Palestinian
Violent Confrontation: An Israeli Perspective,” in Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov (ed.), The
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Conflict Resolution To Conflict Management, PalgraveMacmillan, New York, pp. 69-100.
13. Kobi Michael (2007). “The Interaction between the Military Echelon and the Political
Echelon in the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation,” in Yaacov Bar
Siman-Tov (ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Conflict Resolution To Conflict
Management, Palgrave-Macmillan, New York, pp. 101-132.
14. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov and Kobi Michael (2007). “The Israeli Disengagement Plan as a
Conflict Management Strategy,” in Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov ed., The Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict: From Conflict Resolution To Conflict Management, Palgrave-Macmillan, New
York: 2007, pp. 261-282.
15. Kobi Michael (2007). ‫“ משטר מיוחד באגן ההיסטורי – הממד הביטחוני – מודלים אפשריים‬Special
Regime in the Historic Basin – The Security Dimension: Possible Models”, in Amnon
Ramon (ed.), The Historic Basin – Problems and Possible Solutions, Jerusalem, The
Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2007, pp. 160-169.
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16. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari (2006). “International Involvement in the IsraeliPalestinian Arena: From an International Force to a Mechanism for Regional
Stabilization” (co-author: Eyal Ben-Ari), in Sean Byrne, James Fergusson, Eyal Ben-Ari
and Kobi Michael (eds.), Old Conflict, New Challenges – Peace-building in IsraeliPalestinian Relations, Editor, Bison Paper 8, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Canada,
pp. 45-64.
17. Kobi Michael (2005). ‫דרג צבאי – בין תיאוריה לפרקטיקה‬-‫“ יחסי דרג מדיני‬Civil-Military Relations
– Between Theory and Practice”, in Pinchas Yehezkely (ed.), Reciprocation between
The Civil-Political and the Military Echelons. The Broadcast University Library, National
Security Series, The National Defense College, The Ministry of Defense Publication, pp.
51-63.
18. Kobi Michael (2005). ‫דרג צבאי – המקרה הישראלי‬-‫“ יחסי דרג מדיני‬Civil-Military Relations –
The Israeli Case”, in Pinchas Yehezkely (ed.), Reciprocation between The Civil-Political
and the Military Echelons. The Broadcast University Library, National Security Series,
The National Defense College, The Ministry of Defense Publication, pp. 64-74.
19. Kobi Michael (2005). ‫פלסטיני‬-‫דרג צבאי בניהול העימות הישראלי‬-‫“ יחסי דרג מדיני‬The Interaction
between the Military the Political Echelons in the Management of the Israeli-Palestinian
Confrontation,” in Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov (ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, From a
Peace Process to Violent Confrontation 2000-2005. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel
Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 135-184.
20. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov and Kobi Michael (2005). ‫תוכנית ההתנתקות הישראלית כאסטרטגיית‬
‫“ ניהול סכסוך‬The Israeli Disengagement Plan as a Conflict-Management Strategy‫ת‬,” in
Yaacov Bar Siman-Tov (ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, From a Peace Process to
Violent Confrontation 2000-2005. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem,
pp. 346-374.
21. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov, Kobi Michael, Ephraim Lavie and Daniel Bar-Tal (2005). ‫הסכסוך‬
‫פלסטיני – המעבר מיישוב סכסוך לניהול סכסוך‬-‫“ האלים הישראלי‬The Israeli-Palestinian Violent
Conflict: The Transition from Conflict Resolution to Conflict Management,” in Yaacov Bar
Siman-Tov (ed.), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, From a Peace Process to Violent
Confrontation 2000-2005. The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Jerusalem, pp. 84134.
22. Kobi Michael (2004). ‫קץ ההבחנה הדטרמיניסטית – עידן הקונפליקט נמוך העצימות כאתגר פרדיגמתי‬
‫צבאי במדינה הדמוקרטית‬-‫“ ליחסי אזרחי‬The End of the Deterministic Distinction – The Era of
Low Intensity Conflict as a Paradigmatic Challenge for Civil-Military Relations in the
Democratic State”, in Hagai Golan and Shaul Shay (eds.), The Limited Conflict,
Maa'rachot, Tel-Aviv, pp. 201-238.
(d)
Refereed articles and refereed letters in scientific
1. Kobi Michael and Ilana Kwartin (2013). “Declaration of War – Between a Ceremony and a
Strategy: The Case of Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip”, Journal of Politics and Law;
Vol. 6, No. 3; 2013, pp. 198-208.
2. Kobi Michael and Joel Fishman (2013). “Building the Positive Peace: The Urgent Need to
Bring the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Back to Basics,” JEWISH POLITICAL STUDIES
REVIEW (JPSR), Fall 5773/2012 Volume 24 Numbers 3–4, pp. 6-29.
3. Kobi Michael and Amiram Oren (2013). – ‫הפיקוח האזרחי והממד הטריטוריאלי של הביטחון בישראל‬
‫ מסגרת מושגית ביקורתית במבחן המעשה‬Civil Control with Regard to the Territorial Dimension
of Security in Israel – A Critical Conceptual Framework in Practice, Floersheimer Studies,
The Institute of Urban and Regional Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (86
pages).
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4. Kobi Michael. ‫הפיקוח האזרחי במכלול יחסי צבא ומדינה – מהות הפיקוח האזרחי – תהליכים ועקרונות‬
‫ בפרספקטיבה השוואתית‬Civil Control in the Complex of Military Society and Politics – The
Essence of Civil Control – Processes and Principles in Comparative Perspective, in
Reuven Pedatzur (ed.), National Security – Critical Overview, S.Daniel Abraham Center for
Strategic Studies, Netanya Academic College, November 2012, pp. 8-19..
5. Kobi Michael. “Limitations of Strategic Maneuver: The Israeli Case,” Infinity Journal, Issue
No. 4, September 2011, pages 12-16.
6. Yagil Levy and Kobi Michael. “Conceptualizing Extra-Institutional Control; of the Military:
Israel As a Case Study.”, Res Militaris an on-line social science journal, vol. 1, n° 2, WinterSpring - Hiver-Printemps 2011.
7. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari. “Contemporary Peace Support Operations: The Primacy of
the Military and Internal Contradictions,” Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 37, No. 4,
December 2011, pp. 657-679.
8. Yagil Levy, Kobi Michael and Asaf Shapira. – ‫מסגרת מושגית הפיקוח החוץ מוסדי על צה"ל‬
"Extra-institutional Control on the IDF – Conceptual Framework," The Public Sphere, Vol.
4, Tel-Aviv University, Winter 2010, pp. 45-74.
9. Kobi Michael. ?‫ מי למעשה קובע מהו איום קיומי ומדוע‬:‫מדינאות צבאית או צבאיות מדינאית בישראל‬
"Militarily Statesmanship or Political Militarism – Who really Shapes the National Security
Strategy in Israel?", The Public Sphere, Vol. 4, Tel-Aviv University, Winter 2010, pp. 110130.
10. Kobi Michael. "Who Really Dictates What an Existential Threat Is", the Journal of Strategic
Studies, Vol. 32, Issue 5, October 2009, pp. 687–713.
11. Kobi Michael.-‫מלחמת לבנון השנייה בראי חולשת הפיקוח האזרחי והמנהיגות האסטרטגית‬
‫“ אינטלקטואלית‬The Second Lebanon War in the Mirror of Weak Civilian Control and
Strategic-Intellectual Leadership”, in POLITIKA issue 17, The Leonard Davis Institute for
International Relations, Jerusalem, Winter 2008, pp. 131-154.
12. Kobi Michael. “The Dilemma behind the Classical Dilemma of Civil-Military Relations - The
“Discourse Space” Model and the Israeli Case during the Oslo Process”, Armed Forces &
Society, Vol. 33, No. 4, July 2007, pp. 518-546.
13. Kobi Michael. “The Israeli Defense Force as an Epistemic Authority - An Intellectual
Challenge in the Reality of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”. The Journal of Strategic Studies
Vol. 30, No. 3, June 2007, pp. 421-446.
14. Kobi Michael and David Kellen. Israeli-Palestinian Bi-level Conflict Zone and Its
Implications for International Intervention: What Went Wrong and What Can be Done? The
Pearson Papers - Measures of Effectiveness: Peace Operations and Beyond, Vol. 10,
Issue 1, May 2007, pp. 60-90.
15. Kobi Michael. “Military Knowledge and Weak Civilian Control in the Reality of Low Intensity
Conflict – The Israeli Case”. The Journal of Israel Studies, Vol. 12, No. 1, Spring 2007, pp.
28-52.
16. Kobi Michael. “From Crisis to Opportunity: Rethinking International Involvement in a
Turbulent Reality”, Palestine Israel Journal for Politics, Economics and Culture, Vol.14
No.2, MIDDLE EAST PUBLICATIONS, 2007, pp. 31-37.
17. Kobi Michael. ‫הידע הצבאי כעקרון מארגן של מרחב השיח והסיבה להיחלשות הפיקוח האזרחי במציאות‬
‫“ של עימות נמוך עצימות‬The Military Knowledge as the Organizing Element of the Discourse
Space and A Cause for the Weakening of the Civil control in the Reality of Low Intensity
Conflict”. Ma'arachot, Vol. 403-404, pp. 44-47, December 2005.
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18. Kobi Michael. Israeli-Palestinian Joint Patrols in Gaza, 1994-96: A Forgone Failure?
Jerusalem: The Harry. S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, A Gitelson Publication Series, 29, August 2004 (40
pages).
19. Kobi Michael. ?‫פלסטיני‬-‫ היה או לא היה? מדוע כשל מודל שיתוף הפעולה הביטחוני הישראלי‬Was it or
not? Why has the Israeli-Palestinian Security Cooperation Model Failed? A Personal
Retrospective View of a Hope without a Prospect - May 1994 – September 2000.
Jerusalem: The Davis Institute Publications, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2003 (48
pages).
20. Kobi Michael (2003). ‫ מעורבות בינלאומית בירושלים – מסגרת מושגית ומשמעויות‬International
Involvement in Jerusalem – Conceptual Background and Implications. The Jerusalem
Institute for Israel Studies, 2003 (46 pages).
21. Moshe Hirsh and Kobi Michael (2003). ‫מעורבות בינלאומית באגן הקדוש בירושלים – ניתוח חלופות‬
Analysis of International Involvement Alternatives for the Holy Basin in Jerusalem (coauthor: Moshe Hirsh). The Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, 2003 (62 pages).
22. Kobi Michael. ‫פלסטינים‬-‫" הדגל הכתום שדהה – הטיות תפישתיות בסיורים המשותפים הישראלים‬The
Orange Flag that has paled - Perceptual biases in the Israeli-Palestinians Joint Patrols",
Ma’arachot, Vol. 386 Nov. 2002, pp. 31-40.
(e)
Published scientific reports and technical papers
(internally refereed publications of Government
- research institutions and surveys, industrial
- research organizations, etc.)
Names of all authors (in the same order they appear in the
publications)
Year
Title of report
Name of publishing organization
Report series - Number - Pages (inclusive)
(f)
Unrefereed professional articles and publications
1.
2013 (forthcoming). Book review, ‫ מלחמותיה החדשות של ישראל‬Israel’s New Wars, Uri BenEliezer, Tel-Aviv University Press, 2012, 528 pages, For MEGAMOT – Behavioral
Science Journal.
2. 2011. Book referee, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, The Open University of Israel.
3. 2008. Book referee, International Conflicts Resolution and Management – Approaches,
Strategies and Processes, The Open University of Israel.
(g)
Classified articles and reports
Names of all authors - Year
Subject matter
Institution
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• Lectures and Presentations at Meetings and Invited Seminars not Followed by Published Proceedings
(a)
Invited plenary lectures at conferences/meetings
1. Kobi Michael 2013. "Extra-Institutional Civil Control Over the Military – Conceptual
Framework", Ono-Columbia Conference (Ono Academic College and Columbia Law
School), Supervising the Use of Military Force, Ono Academic College.
2. Kobi Michael 2013. "Civil-Military Relations as an Intellectual Encounter", Yom Kippur War
– A Retrospective of 40 Years, Ashkelon Academic College, Ashkelon.
3. Kobi Michael 2012. "The Essence of Civil Control – Processes and Principles –
Comparative Perspective", National Security and Society – The International Perspective.
S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic - Netanya Academic College, Tel-Aviv. **
4. Yossef Kupervaser and Kobi Michael 2011. "Incitement in the Palestinian Arena",
Incitement to Terror and Violence – New Challenges, New Responses, Jerusalem Center
for Public Affairs, Jerusalem.**.
5. Kobi Michael 2010. “A viable Palestinian state-building process, an Israeli perspective”Peace Operations and State Building: International Initiatives and Local Perceptions and
Responses, Tel-Aviv University, (a member of the organizing and steering committees).**
6. Yagil Levy and Kobi Michael 2010. “Extra-Institutional Control over the Military – A
Theoretical Framework”, The Open University.**
7. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari 2009. “Contemporary World of Warfare and Peace Support
Operations: Contradictory Discourses and New Organizational Forms,” Inter-University
Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society 2009 Biennial International Conference,
2009, Chicago, Illinois USA.**
8. Yagil Levy and Kobi Michael 2009. “Extra-Institutional Control on the IDF—A Conceptual
Framework,” Inter-University Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society 2009 Biennial
International Conference, 2009, Chicago, Illinois USA.**
9. Kobi Michael 2009. “Between Military Policy and Political Militarism – What in Practice
Influences Israel’s Security Policy,” S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue –
Netanya Academic College.**
10. Kobi Michael 2009. “The Weakness of the Israeli Statesmanship”, Society-Military
Relations in Israel and Their Implications Over Security and Peace Decision Making, The
Tami Steinmetz Center, Tel-Aviv University.**
11. Kobi Michael and Eyal Ben-Ari 2009. "Changing the Paradigm", Bad Fellows in Complex
Environment - Hybrid Peace Support Forces, Non-states Actor, and the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict, International Scholars Workshop, Canada – University of Manitoba.**
12. Kobi Michael 2008. "The Second Lebanon War and the Nature of Civil Control". The
Annual Israeli Political Science Association Conference, Beit-Berl Israel. **
Kobi Michael Ph.D.
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13. Kobi Michael 2008. "Militarily Statesmanship or Political Militarism – The Israeli Case since
1967". 40 Years of Rule in the Palestinian Territories and their Implications on the Israeli
Society, The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel-Aviv University Israel.**
14. Kobi Michael 2008. “Who Really Dictates What an Existential Threat Is?" Continuous
Existential Threats and Civil-Security Relations: The Israeli Case in Theoretical and
Comparative Perspectives, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem Israel.**
15. Kobi Michael 2008. "The Israel Defense Forces as an Epistemic Authority: An Intellectual
Challenge in the Reality of the Israeli - Palestinian Conflict", 78th Annual Meeting of the
Eastern Sociological Society, The Roosevelt Hotel New York, NY.**
16. Kobi Michael 2007. “Doing the Right Thing the Right Way: The Challenge of Military
Mission Effectiveness in Peace Support Operations in a “War Amongst the People”
Theatre”, IUS – Inter University Seminar, Armed Forces & Society Biennial conference,
Chicago USA.**
17. Kobi Michael and David Kellen 2007. “What is between Cultural Intelligence and Cultural
Intelligence?”.Military Transformation and Peace Support Operations: Current Experience,
Future Developments and Possible Implications for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Theater
– Jerusalem (the organizer of this international conference).**
18. Kobi Michael 2007. “Doing the Right Thing the Right Way: The Challenge of Military
Mission Effectiveness in Peace Support Operations in a “War Amongst the People”
Theater”. Cultural Challenges in Military Operations – an international conference
organized by NATO Defense College in Rome – Italy.**
19. Kobi Michael 2006. “Lebanon War as an Indication of the Military’s Political Influence due
to its being an Epistemic Authority”, The Second Lebanon War, Political Decision Making
and Civil-Military relations (in addition to being the organizer of the conference), The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.**
20. Kobi Michael 2005. "The dialectic interaction between the Israeli political and military
echelons during the violent confrontation 2000-2004", IUS – Inter University Seminar,
Armed Forces & Society Biennial conference, Chicago USA. **
21. Kobi Michael 2005. Peace operations and their relevancy to the Israeli case. The Mauro
Centre for Peace and Justice and the Centre for Defense and Security Studies, University
of Manitoba, Canada.**
22. Kobi Michael 2004. “International involvement in the Holy Basin in Jerusalem” –The
Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, January 19, 2004.**
23. Kobi Michael 2003. "The failure of the Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation during the
Oslo era", The Truman Institute in The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.**
**published article about the topic presented appears in the publication list mention above
(b)
Presentation of papers at conferences/meetings
1. 2010. “Peace Parks on Israel’s Borders – The Syrian Case Study from Theory to Reality”,
Tel-Aviv University, (a member of the steering committee).
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2. Kobi Michael 2009. “What Europe Can Do: Peacekeeping and Security Sector Reform”,
International Conference - Strengthening the Forces of Moderation in the IsraeliPalestinian Conflict: The Role of the European Union After the Gaza War, The Harry S.
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace - Hebrew University of
Jerusalem (Chair and discussant).
3. Kobi Michael 2006. Sharon’s legacy, the elections in Israel and the disengagement as a
new Israeli strategy for conflict management – Departmental seminar, the department of
political science Northwestern University.
4. Kobi Michael 2006. Peacekeeping Operations as a Means of International Involvement in
the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and its management – International conference, The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (the organizer of the conference and participant as well).
5. Kobi Michael 2006. “The Military Knowledge and Civil Control Efficiency in the Low
Intensity Conflicts Era,” CICS – Center for International Comparative Studies,
Northwestern University Evanston Campus USA.
6. Kobi Michael 2005. "Characteristics of the dialectic interaction between the Israeli political
and the military echelons during the four years of the violent conflict with the Palestinians",
annual conference of the IPSA - Israel Political Science Association, Tel-Aviv-Yaffo
Academic College.
7. Kobi Michael 2005. A discussant and respondent in a conference about "The separation
barrier in Jerusalem: social, political and spatial implications", the Truman Institute for the
Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
(c) Presentations at informal international seminars and workshops
1. Kobi Michael 2008. "Annapolis Process and Beyond", The Fourth Conference for
Confidence Building between the Israelis and the Palestinians, Tokyo Japan, an
international conference organized by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
University of Tokyo.
2. Kobi Michael 2008. "PSOs and Conflict Resolution – Challenges, Lacunas and Possible
Future Directions". The Global and the Local – International Intervention in Conflicts, TelAviv University Israel.
3. Kobi Michael 2006. Multiculturalism and operative efficiency among multi-national forces in
peacekeeping mission – UNIFIL 2 in Lebanon and relevant implication of possible future
roles of NATO in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone – participant in an academic
workshop organized by NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome-Italy.
(d) Seminar presentations at universities and institutions
Year
Department - University/Institution
• Patents
Kobi Michael Ph.D.
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Year - Name(s) of inventor(s)
Title of patent
Country of registration
• Research Grants
Years - Granting institution - Names of all grantees
(note which are principal investigators)
Subject
Period of grant - Annual amount in $ - Total amount in$
• Synopsis of research, including reference to publications and grants in above lists (Do not
exceed three single-spaced pages.)
• Present Academic Activities
Research in progress
Subject
Other participants
Expected date of completion
Books and articles to be published
In preparation
Submitted for publication (indicate journal)
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