# Dov Waxman

Dov Waxman (born 1974) is an author, academic and commentator. He is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the director of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

## Early life and education

Originally from London, England, Waxman went to Carmel College, a Jewish boarding school, and then to Oxford University for his undergraduate studies, where he became the editor of the student newspaper, Cherwell. He received his B.A. degree (with honors) in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1996. He then undertook his graduate studies in international relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where he received his M.A. with distinction in 1998 and his Ph.D. with distinction in 2002.

## Academic career

Waxman joined the Department of Government at Bowdoin College as an assistant professor in 2002. In 2004, he moved to the City University of New York (CUNY), where he taught in the political science departments at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, becoming an associate professor with tenure in 2009. He then moved in 2014 to Northeastern University in Boston, where he was a professor of political science, international affairs, and Israel studies. He was also the co-director of Northeastern University's Middle East Center and the director of its Middle East studies program. In 2015, he was appointed the Stotsky Professor of Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies. From 2016 to 2019, he was the chair of the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee at Northeastern University. Waxman joined the UCLA faculty as a full professor in 2020. He holds the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies and directs the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.
From 2005 to 2015, Waxman served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Israel Studies. From 2005 to 2010 he was the associate editor of the scholarly journal Israel Studies Forum (now Israel Studies Review).

## Books

* The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
* Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within, (co-authored with Ilan Peleg), Cambridge University Press, 2011.
* Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, Princeton University Press, 2016.
* The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.

## Journal articles

* Waxman, Dov; Peleg, Ilan (2020). "The Nation-State Law and the Weakening of Israeli Democracy". Israel Studies. 25 (3): 185–200. doi:10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.16. JSTOR 10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.16. S2CID 226425398.
* Waxman, Dov (2017). "Young American Jews and Israel: Beyond Birthright and BDS". Israel Studies. 22 (3): 177–199. doi:10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.08. S2CID 148971751.
* Waxman, Dov (2017). "American Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?". Political Science Quarterly. 132 (2): 313–340. doi:10.1002/polq.12617.
* Waxman, Dov (2016). "Is Israeli Democracy in Danger?". Current History. 115 (785): 360–362. doi:10.1525/curh.2016.115.785.360. JSTOR 48614211.
* Waxman, Dov; Lasensky, Scott (2013). "Jewish Foreign Policy: Israel, World Jewry, and the Defense of 'Jewish Interests'". Journal of Modern Jewish Studies. 12 (2): 232–252. doi:10.1080/14725886.2013.796153. S2CID 145098208.
* Waxman, Dov (2013). "Israel's Other Palestinian Problem: the Future Vision Documents and the demands of the Palestinian minority in Israel". Israel Affairs. 19 (1): 214–229. doi:10.1080/13537121.2013.748295. S2CID 205767355.
* Waxman, Dov (2012). "A Dangerous Divide: The Deterioration of Jewish-Palestinian Relations in Israel". The Middle East Journal. 66 (1): 11–29. doi:10.3751/66.1.11. JSTOR 41342767. S2CID 145591627.
* Waxman, Dov (2012). "Living with Terror, Not Living in Terror: The Impact of Chronic Terrorism on Israeli Society". Perspectives on Terrorism. 5 (5): 181–196. doi:10.4135/9781473917248.n14. ISBN 9781446272817.
* Waxman, Dov (2010). "The Israel Lobbies: A Survey of the Pro-Israel Community in the United States". Israel Studies Forum. 25 (1): 5–28. JSTOR 41805051.
* Waxman, Dov (2009). "From Jerusalem to Baghdad? Israel and the War in Iraq". International Studies Perspectives. 10 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00354.x. JSTOR 44218575.
* Waxman, Dov; Peleg, Ilan (2008). "Neither Ethnocracy nor Bi-Nationalism: In Search of the Middle Ground". Israel Studies Forum. 23 (2): 55–73. doi:10.3167/isf.2008.230203. JSTOR 41804993.
* Waxman, Dov (2008). "From Controversy to Consensus: Cultural Conflict and the Israeli Debate over Territorial Withdrawal". Israel Studies. 13 (2): 73–96. doi:10.2979/ISR.2008.13.2.73. JSTOR 30245686.
* Waxman, Dov; Rynhold, Jonathan (2008). "Ideological Change and Israel's Disengagement from Gaza". Political Science Quarterly. 123 (1): 11–37. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2008.tb00615.x. JSTOR 20202970.
* Waxman, Dov (2007). "Beyond Realpolitik: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Support for Israel". Israel Studies Forum. 22 (2): 97–114. JSTOR 41804983.
* Waxman, Dov; Peleg, Ilan (2007). "Losing Control? A Comparison of Majority-Minority Relations in Israel and Turkey". Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 13 (3): 431–463. doi:10.1080/13537110701451611. S2CID 44570056.
* Waxman, Dov (2006). "Israel's Dilemma: Unity or Peace?". Israel Affairs. 12 (2): 200–220. doi:10.1080/13537120500535100. S2CID 30985577.
* Waxman, Dov (2004). "An Incomplete Revolution: Israeli National Identity, Cultural Change and The Camp David II Negotiations". Israel Studies Forum. 19 (3): 140–157. doi:10.3167/106577104782368168 (inactive 2 December 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
* Waxman, Dov (2003). "Between Isolation and Integration: The Jewish Dimension in Israeli Foreign Policy". Israel Studies Forum. 19 (1): 34–56. JSTOR 41805175.
* Waxman, Dov (2001). "A Tragic Hero: The Decline and Fall of Ehud Barak" (PDF). Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs. 6 (2): 71–88.
* Waxman, Dov (2000). "Islam and Turkish National Identity: A Reappraisal" (PDF). Turkish Yearbook of International Relations. 30: 1–22. doi:10.1501/Intrel_0000000013 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)