Ido Levy International Relations (PhD)

Degrees: MPP, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

BA in Government, IDC Herzliya (Reichman University)
Languages Spoken: Hebrew, Arabic
Student Organizations: AU itrek
Book Currently Reading: Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community, by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman
Bio: Ido Levy is a PhD student at the School of International Service and an associate fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. His research examines how armed nonstate actors develop military capabilities. He focuses on jihadist groups, the Islamic State (ISIS) in particular, in the Middle East and Africa. His book, Soldiers of End-Times, analyzes how and why ISIS acquired conventional military capabilities and assesses its combat performance. Find it on Amazon via the link on the right of this page. It is also available as a free ebook from the Washington Institute's website.

Ido’s work has appeared in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Middle East Policy, Terrorism and Political Violence, Small Wars Journal, Modern War Institute, NBC, The Hill, and other Publications.

He holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University and a BA from IDC Herzliya. He is fluent in Hebrew and speaks Arabic at an advanced level.

See Also: CV; Soldiers of End-Times: Assessing the Military Effectiveness of the Islamic State; LinkedIn; Twitter

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