Oded Eran

200px|thumb|right|Oded Eran of the INSS in a photo from the INSS [http://www.inss.org.il/experts.php?cat=0&incat=&staff_id=58 website]. Accessed 12 November 2012.
Oded Eran is a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) and served as director of INSS from July 2008 to November 2011. Eran has had a long career in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other government positions.Oded Eran: Senior Research Fellow, INSS website, last accessed 12 November 2012. He served as Israeli ambassador to Jordan and to the European UnionThe Jordan Times, King optimistic about peace process after meeting Israel's defence minister, The Jordan Times, Accessed 26-August-2009.
==Education==
Oded holds a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics.
==Career History==
*July 2008 - November 2011: Director of the Institute for National Security Studies.
*2007: World Jewish Congress representative in Israel.Shirli Sitbon, 'Israeli ambassador: half of the Jewish nation is under threat', European Jewish Press, 14 November 2006.
*2002 - 2007: Israel's ambassador to the European Union (covering NATO).
*1999 - 2000: Head of Israel's negotiations team with the Palestinians.
*1997 - 2000: Israel's ambassador to Jordan.
==Current Activities==
Eran currently serves as an advisor to the Knesset Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs and is also a senior research associate at the Institute for National Security Studies.
==Publications==
*Eran, Oded., 'The End of Jordan as We Know It?', Israel Journal of foreign Affairs VI : 3, 2012.
*Eran Oded. and Alterman, Owen., 'The Obama-Romney Foreign Policy Debate: Continuity in Policy', INSS Insight, No. 378, October 23, 2012.
*Eran, Oded., 'Political Standoff in Jordan', INSS Insight, No. 373, October 11, 2012. 
*Eran, Oded. and Alterman, Owen., 'The Republican Primary Campaign: Lessons for Israel', INSS Insight, No. 325, March 27, 2012.
*Guzansky, Yoel. and Eran, Oded., 'The Rise of Qatar, INSS Insight, No. 319, March 6, 2012.
*Eran, Oded. and Alterman, Owen., 'The Race for the White House after the Florida and Nevada Primaries', INSS Insight, No. 313, February 5, 2012.
*Eran, Oded, 'On the Brink of the New Year: The Race to the White House', INSS Insight, No. 306, December 29, 2011.
*Eran, Oded, 'Normalization between Israel and Arab States: Is the Idea Still Viable?', INSS Insight, No. 302, December 14, 2011.
*Eran, Oded, 'Jordan is Boiling', INSS Insight, No. 297, November 27, 2011.
*Eran, Oded, 'One Year until the United States Elections', INSS Insight, No. 292, November 9, 2011.
*Brom, Shlomo. and Eran, Oded., 'The September Process: The Bid for UN Recognition of a Palestinian State', Strategic Assessment, Volume 14, No. 3, October 2011.
*Eran, Oded., 'Arab Royal Houses Seek Affordable Medicines', INSS Insight, No. 276, August 18, 2011.
*Eran, Oded., and Lindenstrauss, Gallia. 'Between Resignation and Apology: Israel-Turkey Relations and the Silent Revolution', INSS Insight, No. 272, August 2, 2011.
*Eran, Oded., 'The West Responds to the Arab Spring', Strategic Assesment, Volume 14, No. 2, July 2011.
*Eran, Oded., 'From Bar-Ilan to Capitol Hill: PM Netanyahu's Political Survival', INSS Insight, No. 261, May 26, 2011.
*Eran, Oded., 'Egypt–Israel–United States: Problems on the Horizon?', INSS Insight, No. 255, May 15, 2011.
*Eran, Oded., 'The Self-Defense of Middle Eastern Conservative Regimes, and Israel's Role', INSS Insight, No. 228, December 7, 2010.
*Eran, Oded., 'The US Midterm Elections and the Peace Process, Or: Yes, the Congress Can, but Not Everything', INSS Insight, No. 223, November 8, 2010.
*Eran, Oded., '2000-2010: An Influential Decade', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 13, No. 3, October 2010.
*Lindenstrauss, Galia and Eran, Oded., 'Still No Outlet: Israel–Turkey Relations and the Turkish Referendum', INSS Insight, No. 216, October 20, 2010.
*Eran, Oded., 'Greece: A Strategic Alternative to Turkey?', INSS Insight, No. 201, August 20, 2010.
*Eran, Oded., Israel and the US: That Bad?, Strategic Assessment, Volume 13, No. 1, July 2010.
*Eran, Oded., A Proposal for the Resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations for a Two-State Solution, INSS Insight, No. 162, February 10, 2010.
*Eran, Oded., 'EU Recognition of a Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its Capital', INSS Insight, No. 147, December 10, 2009.
*Brom, Shlomo, Giora Eiland, and Oded Eran, Partial Agreements with the Palestinians, Strategic Assessment, Volume 12, No. 3, November 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'Risks and Opportunities: The Era of Interim Solutions', in: Brom, Shlomo and Kurz, Anat, (Editors), Strategic Survey for Israel 2009, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, 2009.
*Lindenstrauss, Galia and Eran, Oded., 'Not Just a Bridge over Troubled Waters: Turkey in Regional and International Affairs', in: Brom, Shlomo and Kurz, Anat, (Editors), Strategic Survey for Israel 2009, Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies, 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'A Reversal in Israel-EU Relations?', Strategic Assessment, Vol. 12, no. 1, June 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'Obama-Netanyahu: The First Inning', INSS Insight, No. 109, May 21, 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'Operation Cast Lead: The Diplomatic Dimension', Strategic Assessment, Volume 11, No. 4, February 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'The Elections in Israel: Diplomatic Implications', INSS Insight, No. 93, February 12, 2009.
*Eran, Oded, 'Memorandum to the Prime Minister - Outline for the initial meeting between President Barack Obama and the incoming Israeli prime minister', Strategic Assessment, Volume 11, No. 3, January 2009.
*Eran, Oded, "UN Resolution 1701: A View from Israel", Policy Watch 1413, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 20, 2008.
*Eran, Oded, 'Turkey and the European Union: An Israeli Perspective', Issue 5 (2008): 65-71.
==Affiliations==
*Institute for National Security Studies
*World Jewish Congress
==Notes==
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