Biography
Ran is a university lecturer and analyst on Israel and Middle Eastern Affairs, an expert on extremism in the Australian Arab/Muslim Community and on the Israeli Diaspora in Australia. He is also a research associate at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) and a research fellow at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Reichman University in Herzliya. His research interests include: history, ethnography, immigration, Israel studies, diaspora, Middle East studies, conflict, post conflict Issues, Iranian nuclear program, radicalisation and extremism, Jewish studies, propaganda, anti-westernism and conspiracy theories.