Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky is SPME’s Acting Executive Director. Formerly, he served as SPME’s Deputy Director and is an adjunct scholar at the Foundation for Defense for Democracies, and the Middle East Forum.
Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky is an adjunct scholar at the Foundation for Defense for Democracies, and the Middle East Forum. Dr. Romirowsky got his start in the policy world as a research fellow at the Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based think tank headed by scholar Daniel Pipes. Dr. Romirowsky is a former IDF (Israel Defense Forces) International Relations liaison officer in the West Bank and to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Dr. Romirowsky holds a BA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, masters degrees from Villanova University and West Chester University and a doctorate from Kings College London.
Dr. Romirowsky publishes widely in the national press as well as in scholarly journals and makes frequent appearances in the media. In addition, to lecturing and teaching to a wide range of audiences and programs around the world.
He has traveled widely in Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories.