Azar Gat (Hebrew: עזר גת; born 1959) is an Israeli researcher of war, nationalism and ideology, and a professor at the School of Political Science, Government, and International Relations at Tel Aviv University.
Gat has served as a visiting professor and researcher at the University of Oxford, Yale University, Stanford University, Georgetown University, Ohio State University, the University of Freiburg, LMU Munich, and the University of Konstanz. He is a three-time winner of both the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship and research grants from Israel Science Foundation (ISF). He has also won a Rothschild Fellowship, a Fulbright Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Gat was a recipient of the EMET Prize for the year 2019.
Biography Born in Israel, Gat holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Haifa (1978), a master's degree from Tel Aviv University (1983), and a doctorate from the University of Oxford (1986). He served as a major in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Since 1987, Gat has been on the faculty of the Department of Political Science at Tel Aviv University (now the School of Political Science, Government and International Affairs), where he is currently a full professor and the incumbent of the Ezer Weizman Chair in National Security. He has twice served as head of the department. Gat also founded and heads the Executive MA Program in Security and Diplomacy and the International MA Program in Security and Diplomacy. He is an academic advisor to the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).
Publications
Books Reviews of The Origins of Military Thought from the Enlightenment to Clausewitz: David Gates (1991), History, Harm Klueting (1991), Historische Zeitschrift, Daniel Moran (1990), The International History Review, Gunther E. Rothenberg (1991), The American Historical Review, Michael Sikora (1993), Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, Hew Strachan (1995), The English Historical Review, Reviews of The Development of Military Thought: The Nineteenth Century: Eliot A. Cohen (1993), Foreign Affairs, Paul Crook (1996), The Journal of Modern History, John Gooch (1994), History, Michael Howard (1994), War in History, Franz-Josef Kos (1994), Historische Zeitschrift, Daniel Moran (1993), The Journal of Military History, Eugene L. Rasor (1994), The Historian, James J. Schneider (1994), The American Historical Review, Reviews of Fascist and Liberal Visions of War: Robert H. Larson (2000), The International History Review, Frederic S. Pearson (2001), The American Political Science Review, Alaric Searle (2001), "Fuller and Liddell Hart: The Continuing Debate", War in History, Richard M. Swain (1999), The English Historical Review, Harold R. Winton (2000), The Journal of Military History, Reviews of British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm: Revising the Revisionists: J. P. Harris (2002), The International History Review, Anthony John Trythall (2000), The Journal of Military History, Review of War in a Changing World: Ian Roxborough (2002), Armed Forces & Society, Reviews of A History of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Cold War: Jeremy Black (2003), History, Ralf Pröve (2003), Historische Zeitschrift, Brian Holden Reid (2004), The Historian, Geoffrey Wawro (2003), War in History, Reviews of War in Human Civilization: Giuliano Caroli (2012), Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali, John Gooch (2009), "Target Practice", Journal of Contemporary History, Paul Joseph (2008), Social Forces, Michael S. Neiberg (2008), Journal of Social History, Keith Stanski (2007), International Affairs, William R. Thompson (2007), The International History Review, Johan M. G. van der Dennen (2007), "Three Works on War", Politics and the Life Sciences, Bruce Vandervort and Ralph Hitchens (2007), The Journal of Military History, Review of Victorious and Vulnerable: Why Democracy Won in the 20th Century and How it is Still Imperilled: Francis Ghilès (2011), "EE UU y el síndrome de Ícaro. Una historia de arrogancia", Política Exterior, Reviews of Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism: DL (2013), Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, Meir Litvak (2014), The Middle East Book Review, , Jack Snyder (2014), The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Ronald Grigor Suny (2014), Social History, Reviews of The Causes of War and the Spread of Peace: Lionel Beehner (2018), "War and Peace", The Journal of Politics, Lawrence D. Freedman (2017), Foreign Affairs, David Sobek (2019), Perspectives on Politics,
Journal articles
References
External links The Return of Authoritarian Capitalists, op-ed in NY Times, June 14, 2007 with Gat on "New Books in History" Azar Gat's research while affiliated with Tel Aviv University and other places