Boms, Nir and Cohen Stéphane (2022), “ Israel and Syria: A Decade of War,” 2011–2021, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs , DOI: 10.1080/23739770.2022.2078067

Boms, Nir and Hussein Aboubakr ( 2022), “ Pan Arabism 2.0? The Struggle for a New Paradigm in the Middle East” in  Religions, 13: 28,  https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rel13010028

Boms, Nir (2021), “The Egyptian TikTok Girls” in Beehive, Vol. 9, No. 8, August 2021.

Cohen S. & Boms  N. (2021), “Israel and Lebanon: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters?” in Tau Notes, Volume 15, Number 1, February 28th, 2021.

Boms, Nir (2021), “Imperial Strom Troopers and the Return of the Mahdi – A Historical Perspective  of the Israeli-Iranian struggle” in

Political Faultlines in the Middle East (Kingshuk Chatterjee, editor), Center for Studies in International Relations and Development, KW Publishers, India, ISBN: 9789389137774.

Boms, Nir ., & Ulusoy, Kivenc (2021), “Rival American Allies: Turkey and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean” in  Estudos Internacionais: Revista De relações Internacionais Da PUC Minas, 8(4), 151-165. https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2317-773X.2020v8n4p151-165

Boms, Nir, Moodrik Hilly & Ashraph, Sareta (2020) “The Syrian War – Between Justice and Political Reality,” Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781108487801.

Boms,Nir & Zielińska Karolina (2019)” Changing borders in a changing region: the civilian dimension and security predicament

along the Syrian-Israeli border” in  Israel Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/13537121.2019.1626090.

Boms, Nir (2018) “Israel und Syrien: Zwischen humanitärem Engagement und Sicherheitsüberlegungen” (Israel and Syria:

between Humanitarian Engagement and Political considerations)   in Die Politische Meinung,,  Nr. 553,ISSN 0032-3466, November 2018,

(Pp 69-78).

Boms, Nir & Swibel, Danny & Nir Boms (2018) “The Internet Hate Paradox,”  Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/23739770.2018.1492202.

Boms Nir & Zielinska, Karolina   (2018) “Israel and the Southern De-escalation Zone: A Closer Look at the Israeli-Syrian Border

in Tel Aviv Notes, Volume 14, Number 12,  July 12, 2018

Boms, Nir (2018) “Israel’s Policy on the Syrian Civil War: Risks and Opportunities” in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs

(Vol. 11 , No, 3,  Pp 323-336).

Boms, Nir (2017)  “Virtual Reality: New Media, the Arab Spring and the Democratic Revolution,” in  Lost in Translation: New

Paradigms for the Arab Spring,  Uzi Rabi and Abdelilah Bouasria (editors)

Boms , Nir, Dekel Udi, Winter Ofir (2016), “Syria’s New Map and New Actors: Challenges and Opportunities for Israel,”

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).

Boms, Nir (2016) “Expat-ing Democracy: Dissidents, Technology, and Democratic Discourse in the Middle East”,

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, ISBN-10: 3631654693.

Boms, Nir & Hazani Asaf (2014)  “Choosing Not To Choose” in Middle East Online, 2014-05-07 (http://www.middle-

east-online.com/english/?id=65795).

Boms, Nir & Hazani, Asaf (2014)  “Israël déconcerté par la guerre en Syrie,”  in La Mond Diplomatic, (pp, 10 – 11).

Boms, Nir & Arya, Shayan (2012). “Iranian Chess Games of Terror and War.” In Dante )Vol. 3, Pp 70 – 77).

Boms, Nir (2011).  “About the Virtual and Real: Old Media, New Media and the Making of a Freedom Revolution in the Middle East.” in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs (Vol. 2, No, 1,  Pp 51-71).

Boms, Nir (2009). “The End of Innocence,” in Rhapsody, Vol 7, April – June 2009.

Boms, Nir & Chiche, Fabrice (2009). “ Une autre guerre á Gaza,” in Outre-Terre, Vol 22, pp. 106-112.

Boms, Nir & Chiche, Fabrice (2009). ”The Other Gaza War: Hamas Media Strategy during Operation Cast Lead and Beyond,” in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, (Vol. 3,  No,2, Pp 37 – 43).

Boms, Nir (2007). “Immigration, Radicalization and Islamic Discourse in Europe: An examination and a Sufi Response,” in Deadalos Journal of Geopolitical Affairs (Vol. 1).

Boms, Nir & Arya, Shayan (2007). “State-Sponsored Child Abuse in Iran: Iran’s violations of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,” The Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education”, http://www.impact-se.org/research/articles.html.

Boms, Nir & Chodoff, Elliot (2007). “Virtual Double Edged Sword: Communications Technology in the Service of Terror and Democracy,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 99-110.

Boms, Nir (2006). “Religious Freedom in Terrorism,” in  Martyn Thomas & Adly Youssef, Eds, Copts in Egypt, A Christian Minority Under Siege, Zurich, G2W-Verlag, pp. 52-60.

בומס ניר (2016) “שכנות טובה בגבול הצפון?”, צומת המזרח התיכון, כרך 6, גליון 11, נובמבר 2016.כ

בומס ניר (2015) , דקל אודי ווינטר אופיר “סוריה – מפה חדשה, שחקנים חדשיםף אתגרים והזדמנויות לישראל , מזכר מס’ 151, המכון למחקרי ביטחון לאומי .ג

בומס ניר (2013), “סוריה בוחשת ברשת: האינטרנט ותנועת המחאה הסורית” בתוך: העם הסורי יודע את דרכו, מרכז משה דיין ללימודי המזרח התיכון ואפריקה, אוניברסיטת תל אביב.כ

6 .  בומס ניר (2012), “האופוזיציה הסורית האופוזיציה הסורית בהתקרב שעת ההכרעה“, צומת המזרח התיכון,  כרך 2 גיליון מס , יוני 2012

 

SELECTED INVITED TALKS____________________________________________________________________

 

 The Syrian War: Legal and Political Aspects – Israeli Humanitarian Intervention 2013-2018 (MESA Conference, 2020).

 Critical Skills for the Fake News Age: Active Pedagogies in  Middle East Studies (MESA Conference, 2020).

 Israel in a Changing Middle East – Invited talk at Sorbonne University (Paris, November 17th 2019).

 Israel Turkey Relations – from Strategic Partnership to Political Rivalry – International Seminar Middle East and Maghreb: 100 years of the end of the Ottoman Empire, (Bello Horizonte, Brazil, September 14th, 2019).

“Tolerance or Fundamentalism? How can religions help reconciliation?”  – Black sea and Balkan Security Forum, (Romania, June 13th, 2019).

Seventy years later, has the world learned the lessons?”  – The Importance of History Teaching in Education: The Case of the Holocaust and Great Tragedies of History, (Marrakesh, Dec 12th,  2018).

 “Israel Strategy of Humanitarian Aid,” (SWP, Siftung Wissenschaft Politik,  German Institute for International and Security Affairs, August 28th, 2018).

 International Security in a Turbulent World: Israeli and Polish Perspectives (Polish-Israeli Foreign Policy Conference Pism, Warsaw, Nov 30th 2-17).

 The Middle Eastern Maze – Israel and Syria, the Institute for Counter Terrorism Policy (Hertzeliya, September 16th, 2017).

 Conflict and Hope in the Middle East, Our Generation Speaks Out Conference (Oxford, August 3rd, 2017).

 Syrian-Israeli Relations in Crisis: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, Middle East Center/Center for Israel Studies, St. Anthony, Oxford (February 28th, 2017).

 Six Years On – The Syrian Revolution, Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum. Cambridge (February 27th, 2017).

 הגבול כגורם מחבר: הפעילות ההומניטרית בגבול ישראל-סוריה, כנס האגודה הגיאוגרפית הישראלית ה -57 (17 דצמבר, 2017).

 Middle East Quo Vadis? Syria and Iraq, International Institute for Counter Terrorism , Hertzeliya (September 14th, 2016).

 Israeli Humanitarian Diplomacy in Syria, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington D.C. (March 25th, 2016).

 Freedom and Freedom of Speech: Lessons  from the Middle East, Beyond the Obvious, Guttenberg, Sweden (October 16-17, 2015).

 Forbidden Aid, Israeli Humanitarian Efforts to Syria, Tzipri Center, Jerusalem, (August 23rd, 2015).

 Israel in a Changing Middle East, University of New South Wales, Australia (June 8th, 2015).

  What Do Arab Want? – A Review of Middle East Polling Data, Hong Kong JCC (June 2nd, 2015).

 Reponses to Item 7 and discussion on Human Rights in the Israeli Golan Heights, The UN Human Rights Council, Geneva (March 23rd, 2015).

 Track II, the Case of Israel and Syria in Bridging Theory and Practice of Creative Conflict Engagement Conference, Bar Ilan University (January 14th, 2015).

 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a Strategic Instrument of Promoting Civic Society and Democratization in the Middle East by Expatriate Opposition Groups , University of Haifa, National Security College (Nov 4th, 2013).

 Media and the Arab Spring: 21st Century Dissidents, Catholic-Jewish Dialogue Committee, Boston, MA (October 1st, 2013)

 Old News, New Media and the Making of the Arab Spring, The Martin Institute for Law and Policy, Stonehill College, Boston (September 30th , 2013).

 Forbidden Aid: the “Case of Israel, Syria and Humanitarian Diplomacy , Common Bond Institute , Engaging the Other, Dearborn, Michigan (May 5th, 2013).

 Old News, Social Media, and New revolutions: the role of Technology in the Arab Spring, Truman Institute, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (June 4th, 2012).

 New Media and the Arab SpringAmadeu  Antonio Stiftung, Berlin (October 26th, 2011).

 Middle East and the Rationality of Irrationality, Monash University, (June 2nd , 2008).

Book Reviews __________________________________________________________________________

Everyday Arab Identity—The Daily Reproduction of the Arab World by Christopher Phillips (London: Routledge, 2012). Published in the Israel Journal of foreign Affairs VII : 3 (2013), Pp. 174 – 176.

The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy: Understanding the 2006 Hezbollah–Israeli War

by Henrietta Wilkins (London: Routledge, 2013). Published in Israel Journal of foreign Affairs VI : 3 (2013), Pp. 153 – 157.

 Beware of Small States: Lebanon, Battleground of the Middle East by David Hirst ((New York: Nation Books, 2010), Published in  Israel Journal of foreign Affairs VI : 1 (2012), Pp. 141 – 143.

 To Make the Earth Whole: The Art of Citizen Diplomacy in an Age of Religious Militancy by Marc Gopin (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), Published in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs IV : 3 (2010), Pp. 157 – 160.

 Innocent or not?  Indyk’s lessons to a new American Administration, a review of Innocent Abroad :An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East, by Martin Indyk (Simon & Schuster, 2009 . Published in Rhapsody Journal, Vol. 7, 2009

 

 Academic Teaching Experiences  __________________________________________________________________________

  “Israel & the Post-Arab Spring: An Interactive View of the New Middle East,” Rothberg School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Coordinator and presenter,  annual TAU workshop on Israel and the Middle East, international faculty  Tel Aviv University.