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yossi shain
 yossi shain
yossi shain

yossi shain -lrb- born september 21 , 1956 in israel -rrb- is the romulo betancourt professor of political science at tel aviv university where he also serves as chairman of the political science department , head of the abba eban graduate studies program in diplomacy and director of the frances brody institute for applied diplomacy .
he is also a full professor of comparative government and diaspora politics at georgetown university , and the founding director of the program for jewish civilization -lrb- pjc -rrb- at georgetown .
in 2007 , he also served -lrb- pro-bono -rrb- as president of western galilee college .
professor shain earned his b.a. -lrb- philosophy-1981 `` cum laude '' -rrb- and m.a. -lrb- political science-1983 -rrb- degrees from tel aviv university and received his ph.d. in political science -lrb- with distinction -rrb- from yale university in 1988 .
