Dr. Ron Schleifer

 

Over the course of his long career, he has been involved in both the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the academic arena, in Israel and abroad. Schleifer’s primary fields of research include Information/Psychological Warfare (PSYOP), global communications, deception, cyber-warfare, military-media interface, national security and Hasbara. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Ariel University Center’s School of Communications. Schleifer continues to research the Israeli military establishment and other defense organizations through focused analysis of communications development. His theoretical experience is based on years of lecturing at the IDF Tactical Command College (MALTAK), as well as its Senior Command course (POOM). Working with both Israeli and foreign media outlets, he is a regular commentator on information warfare issues. He promotes original discussion on the strategic ramifications of Information/Psychological Warfare in the Israeli arena. He founded the Moldovan best book prize on defence issues in Israel. His recent books on Psychological Warfare in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Foreign Media Coverage of Israel were published by Palgrave Macmilan and Cambridge Scholar Publishing and his recent Hebrew book deals with PSYOP in the age of the social media and the digital age was published by Maarachot, the IDF publishing house.

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