Dr. Amit Sheniak is the senior researcher at the Hebrew University James J. Shasha Center for Strategic Research (SCSR) and serves as the Cyber-security policy coordinator and techno-strategy analyst of the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) political military & policy bureau. He holds an MA and PhD in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed a Post-doc at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government program for Science Technology and Society (STS). He is also a research fellow at the Hebrew University Cyber Security Research Center (HCSRC), the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, and the Haifa University Center for Cyber Law & Policy (CCLP).

His research and consultancy work focuses on the social and political effects of emerging and disruptive technologies, particularly regarding advanced digital infrastructures, cybersecurity conflicts, and AI policy. He investigates how these innovations affect international order, sovereignty, and legitimacy in the Middle East, the USA, and China. In addition to his research roles, he teaches as an adjacent professor at Tel-Aviv University, Reichman University, and the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. Over the past decades, he has served as a strategy analyst and policy advisor for the Israeli Parliament, the Ministry of Defense, and the IDF.

 

Research Group:
* From Stuxnet to ISIS – Research Group on Cyber-Conflicts in the Middle-East

Amit's Posts:
* The Quest for a Formal Cyber-regime Should Address Existing Cyber-norms

 

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