Emmanuel Navon

Emmanuel Navon was born in Paris, France, as Emmanuel Mréjen. As a child, he attended the international bilingual school (French/English). He graduated from Sciences-Po, majoring in Public Administration. During his studies at Sciences-Po, he interned at the French Foreign Ministry and at the French Ministry of Finance. In 1993, he immigrated to Israel and subsequently hebraized his last name to Navon. In Israel, Navon enrolled in the Israel Defense Forces and pursued his graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a master's degree and a Ph.D. in international relations. During his studies at the Hebrew University, he consulted to the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the reform of the United Nations and joined the Shalem Center as a doctoral fellow.[5]

Navon began his career as consultant for Arttic (a consultancy specialized in R&D funding), helping Israeli companies obtain funding from the European Commission and join European consortia. Between 2003 and 2005, he served as CEO of BNIC, an NGO that trained Israel's business leaders in public diplomacy.[6] Between 2005 and 2010, he was a partner with the Navon-Levy Group, a consultancy that promoted Israeli agricultural projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2011 and 2016, he served as head of the Political Science and Communication Department at the Jerusalem Haredi College (affiliated with Bar-Ilan University).[7] Navon is a frequent guest speaker in North America and Europe on behalf of Organizations such as the Jewish Federations of North America,[8][9] Hillel International,[10][11] and ELNET[12] where he generally addresses current affairs related to Israel and to the Jewish people.

Navon has been lecturing at Tel-Aviv University's School of Political Science, Government and International Relations and at the Abba Eban Graduate Program for Diplomacy Studies since 2002.[13] In addition, he has been lecturing since 2012 at the IDC's Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy.[14] He teaches and has taught classes on Israel's foreign policy, on foreign policy decision-making, on the history of diplomacy, on European diplomacy, on globalization, and on the global politics of oil and energy.[15]

In 2013, he joined the Kohelet Policy Forum think tank as a senior fellow,[16] In his 2006 policy paper for the Herzliya Conference, Navon recommended the establishment of a national public diplomacy authority.[17] In July 2007, the Israeli government established an Information Directorate to coordinate information activities among ministries.[18] In his January 2017 policy paper for the Kohelet Policy Forum (co-authored with Abraham Diskin), Navon recommends the adoption of open lists and political alliances in Israel's voting system.[19]

Emmanuel Navon is engaged by i24News as a senior analyst for international affairs.[20]

Navon has appeared on France 24,[21][22] Voice of America,[23][24] Channel News Asia,[25] and in the Wall Street Journal,[26][27] Bloomberg,[28] The Fiscal Times,[29] The Jerusalem Post,[30][31][32][33] Le Monde,[34] Le Figaro,[35][36] Libération,[37] Le Point,[38] France Culture,[39][40][41][42][43] RFI,[44][45] L'Obs,[46] Causeur,[47] Tribune juive,[48] the Canadian Jewish News,[49] Radio Canada,[50] and La Libre Belgique.[51]

Navon's op-eds have been published in Newsweek,[52] Le Monde,[53] Le Figaro,[54] and The Jerusalem Post.[55]

He regularly publishes editorials in The Times of Israel (in English)[56] and is a former contributor to Mida, an Israeli current affairs and opinion web magazine.[57]

• The Victory of Zionism: Reclaiming the Narrative About Israel's Domestic, Regional, and International Challenges, 2014
• From Israel With Hope: Why and How Israel Will Continue to Thrive, 2011
• A Plight Among the Nations: Israel's Foreign Policy Between Nationalism and Realism, 2009

• "Etat des lieux sur le conflit israelo-palestinien" Diplomatie 39 (juin-juillet 2017), pp. 44-48.
• "France, Israel and the Jews: The End of an Era?" Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs 9/2 (2015), pp. 201–211
• “La globalisation et ses ennemis” (Globalization and its Enemies), in Tensions et Défis dans le Monde contemporain, Édition des Rosiers, 2013.
• "Managing Energy Risks in the 21st Century" Revue Management & Avenir 42 (2011), pp. 41–57
• "Israël a-t-il un projet géopolitique" Hérodote, Revue de géographie et de géopolitique 124 (2007), pp. 69–78
• "From Kippur to Oslo: Israel's Foreign Policy 1973-1993" Israel Affairs 10/3 (2004), pp. 1–40
• "Zionism and its Critiques" Jewish Political Studies Review 15/1-2 (2003), pp. 45–59
• "La France vue d'Israël: Illusions perdues" Outre-Terre: Revue française de géopolitique 3 (2002), pp. 253–268
• "The Third Debate Revisited" Review of International Studies 27 (2001), pp. 611–625
• “Israel and theReform of the UN” Israel Affairs, Volume 5, Number 1 (1998), pp. 63-86

• Reforming Israel’s Voting System for Knesset (with Avraham Diskin), Kohelet Policy Forum, 2016 (58 pages).
• Fueling Conflicts: Oil and Geopolitical Tensions, Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security, Tel-Aviv University, 2010 (44 pages).
• Soft Powerlessness: Arab Propaganda and the Erosion of Israel's International Stance, The Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya, 2005 (96 pages).