Or (Ori) Rabinowitz

Or Rabinowitz

Or (Ori) Rabinowitz

  • Visiting Fellow of Israel Studies

Biography

Or (Ori) Rabinowitz is a tenured senior lecturer (Associate Professor) at the International Relations Department of the Hebrew University and a Visiting Fellow of Israel Studies at Stanford, 2025-2026. After receiving the British Foreign Office's Chevening Scholarship, Rabinowitz completed a PhD at the War Studies Department of King’s College London in 2011. Her first book, Bargaining on Nuclear Tests, was published in 2014 by Oxford University Press. Her second book, currently under contract with Cambridge University Press, explores the evolution of US-Israeli collaboration in countering nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, think pieces, and op-eds in leading journals and magazines. She is also the recipient of several grants and awards, including two personal grants from the Israel Science Foundation.

In The News

Stanford campus
Commentary

‘Everything changed’: How professors are teaching about the Israel-Gaza war

“In my darkest nightmares, I didn’t think that I would have to include material on an attack like the one that unfolded on October 7,” says CISAC's Or Rabinowitz
‘Everything changed’: How professors are teaching about the Israel-Gaza war
Panelists at the event "1973 Yom Kippur War: Lessons Learned"
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The 1973 Yom Kippur War and Lessons for the Israel-Hamas Conflict

Scholars of Israel and the Middle East discussed the strategic takeaways of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and their relevance to the region’s current security crisis.
The 1973 Yom Kippur War and Lessons for the Israel-Hamas Conflict
Family and friends of May Naim, 24, who was murdered by Palestinians militants at the "Supernova" festival, near the Israeli border with Gaza strip, react during her funeral on October 11, 2023 in Gan Haim, Israel. (Getty Images)
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FSI Scholars Analyze Implications of Hamas’ Terror Attack on Israel

Larry Diamond moderated a discussion between Ori Rabinowitz, Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani on the effects of Hamas’ attacks on Israel and what the emerging conflict means for Israel and Middle Eastern geopolitics.
FSI Scholars Analyze Implications of Hamas’ Terror Attack on Israel