​I'm an Assistant Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science, Ariel University (Israel). My work spans the areas of international organizations, international conflict and collective security (NATO), and EU politics. 

Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the NATO Defense College (Rome), a Research Fellow at the Truman Institute (Hebrew University), and a visiting scholar at IBEI (Barcelona).

​My work appeared in Cooperation and Conflict; European Security; Journal of International Relations and Development; International Interactions; European Union Politics; Journal of European Integration; Regulation & Governance; Studies in Conflict & Terrorism; International Journal of Public Opinion Research Journal of Asian and African Studies and European Law Review. 

My book on the role of democracy in NATO enlargement is published with State University of New York (SUNY) Press (April 2024).

​I received my Ph.D. in 2017 from the Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University, Israel.