Nir T. Boms
Nir Boms is a research fellow at the The International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and a Member of the Board of the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace. He is the co-founder of CyberDisssidents.org and serves as the Vice president of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East. Prior to his return to Israel, in 2004, he served as the Vice President of the Washington based Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD).
Prior to his tenure at FDD, Mr. Boms held a position at the Embassy of Israel in Washington, DC as the Academic Liaison, serving as an educator, specialist and guest lecturer on Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs.
His articles appear in The wall Street Journal, The Jerusalem Post, The National Review, Front Page Magazine, The Asia Times, Iran Times International, The Washington Times, The National Interests, Ynet and Ha’aretz among others. He also participated in the writing of “Copts in Egypt, A Christian Minority Under Siege” (G2W-Verlag, 2006) and “The Long March to the West” (Valentine Mitchell, 2007).
Mr. Boms has extensive educational and outreach experience working in Israel, the United States and Europe. During the course of his career, he has taught and lectured in Australia, Bulgaria, England, Hungary, Poland, Turkey , United States and the United Nations on issues relating to the Middle East, Terrorism, Islam and Democracy. He is fluent in Hebrew, English and Arabic.
Mr. Boms holds two Master degrees in the fields of Political Science and Judaic Studies from the University of Maryland, as well as a Bachelor degree in Education and Political Science from the University of Haifa. He is currently writing his PhD dissertation on the Influence of Information Technology on the Creation of Civic Society in Syria and Iran. Mr. Boms served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a communication officer and holds the rank of Lieutenant (Res).