Oren BarakOren Barak is a senior lecturer of political science and international relations at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has served as visiting scholar at Harvard University and as a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Austin. Barak's reearch areas include the relationships between the state, society and the military in the Middle East. He is the author of The Lebanese Army: A National Institution in a Divided Society (2009), and co-editor, with Gabriel Sheffer, of Existential Threats and Civil-Security Relations (2009) and Militarism and Israeli Society (2010). His articles have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of Middle East Studies, the Journal of Peace Research, the International History Review, the Middle East Journal, and Security Dialogue. Read More Read Less