Dr. Gal
Luft is executive director of the Washington, DC based Institute for
the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS). He specializes in strategy,
geopolitics, terrorism, Middle East and energy security. He has
published numerous studies and articles on security and energy issues in
various newspapers and publications such as Foreign Affairs,
Commentary, Middle East Quarterly, Middle East Review of
International Affairs, LA Times, The Washington Post
and The Wall Street Journal. He has given numerous media
interviews to various news organizations such as CNN, FOX News, NBC, ABC
and NPR and consulted to various think tanks and news organizations
worldwide. He is an associate fellow at the Washington Institute for
Near East Policy and is the author of The Palestinian Security
Forces: Between Police and Army (Washington DC, 1998). Luft is a
former lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces. In his military
career, commanded battalions in southern Lebanon, the Golan Heights, and
YESH”A (Judea, Samaria and Gaza) and worked with the Palestinian
Authority since its inauguration in 1994. Dr. Luft holds degrees in
international relations, international economics, Middle East studies
and strategic studies. He holds a doctorate in strategic studies from
the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns
Hopkins University.
