Ido Levy Adjunct Instructor Government

Additional Positions at AU: Adjunct Instructor
Degrees: MPhil, School of International Service, American University

MPP, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

BA in Government, IDC Herzliya (Reichman University)
Languages Spoken: Hebrew, Arabic
Book Currently Reading: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, by Daniel Yergin
Bio: Ido Levy is a PhD candidate at the School of International Service, an adjunct instructor at the School of Public Affairs, 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 an MPhil in international relations from AU, a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University, and a BA in government from IDC Herzliya. He is fluent in Hebrew and speaks Arabic at an advanced level.

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