Dov Waxman

{{short description|American political scientist}}

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{{Infobox academic|birth_date=1974|workplaces=University of California, Los Angeles
Northeastern University
City University of New York
Bowdoin College|alma_mater=Oxford University
Johns Hopkins University|discipline=Political science|sub_discipline=Israel studies}}

Dov Waxman (born 1974) is an author, academic and commentator. He is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the director of the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

Early life and education

Originally from London, England, Waxman went to Carmel College, a Jewish boarding school, and then to Oxford University for his undergraduate studies, where he became the editor of the student newspaper, Cherwell. He received his B.A. degree (with honors) in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1996. He then undertook his graduate studies in international relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C., where he received his M.A. with distinction in 1998 and his Ph.D. with distinction in 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://ucla.academia.edu/DovWaxman/CurriculumVitae|title=Dov Waxman at the University of California, Los Angeles|website=ucla.academia.edu|language=en|access-date=2021-03-05}}

Academic career

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Waxman joined the Department of Government at Bowdoin College as an assistant professor in 2002. In 2004, he moved to the City University of New York (CUNY), where he taught in the political science departments at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center, becoming an associate professor with tenure in 2009. He then moved in 2014 to Northeastern University in Boston, where he was a professor of political science, international affairs, and Israel studies. He was also the co-director of Northeastern University's Middle East Center and the director of its Middle East studies program. In 2015, he was appointed the Stotsky Professor of Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies. From 2016 to 2019, he was the chair of the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee at Northeastern University. Waxman joined the UCLA faculty as a full professor in 2020. He holds the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies and directs the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies.

From 2005 to 2015, Waxman served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Israel Studies. From 2005 to 2010 he was the associate editor of the scholarly journal Israel Studies Forum (now Israel Studies Review).

Books

  • The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.{{Cite journal |last=Maoz |first=Zeev |date=2008 |title=Review of The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/20446686 |journal=Perspectives on Politics |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=211–212 |jstor=20446686 |issn=1537-5927}}{{Cite journal |last=Peleg |first=Ilan |date=2007 |title=Review of The Pursuit of Peace and the Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending/Defining the Nation |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4330430 |journal=Middle East Journal |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=537–539 |jstor=4330430 |issn=0026-3141}}
  • Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within, (co-authored with Ilan Peleg), Cambridge University Press, 2011.{{Cite journal |last=Renno |first=Pierre |date=2012 |title=Review of ISRAEL'S PALESTINIANS: THE CONFLICT WITHIN |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/42714610 |journal=Politique étrangère |volume=77 |issue=2 |pages=460–461 |jstor=42714610 |issn=0032-342X}}{{Cite journal |last=Nassar |first=Maha |date=2013 |title=Review of Israel's Palestinians: The Conflict Within |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/43303060 |journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=631–633 |jstor=43303060 |issn=0020-7438}}
  • Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, Princeton University Press, 2016.{{Cite journal |last=Gordon |first=Philip |date=2016 |editor-last=Ross |editor-first=Dennis |editor2-last=Allin |editor2-first=Dana H. |editor3-last=Simon |editor3-first=Steven N. |editor4-last=Waxman |editor4-first=Dov |title=The Crisis in U.S.-Israeli Relations: Are Washington and Jerusalem Drifting Apart? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43948389 |journal=Foreign Affairs |volume=95 |issue=6 |pages=132–138 |jstor=43948389 |issn=0015-7120}}{{Cite journal |last=Kelman |first=Ari Y. |date=2016 |title=Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26427469 |journal=Middle East Journal |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=682–683 |jstor=26427469 |issn=0026-3141}}{{Cite journal |last=Fish |first=Rachel |date=2016 |title=Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict Over Israel |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26346543 |journal=Contemporary Jewry |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=463–465 |jstor=26346543 |issn=0147-1694}}{{Cite journal |last1=Bronitsky |first1=Jonathan |last2=Waxman |first2=Dov |date=2016 |title=Aleinu in America |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26557327 |journal=The National Interest |issue=144 |pages=89–96 |jstor=26557327 |issn=0884-9382}}{{Cite journal |last1=Işık |first1=Fatih Şemsettin |last2=Waxman |first2=Dov |date=2018 |title=Review of Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel, WaxmanDov |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26301081 |journal=Insight Turkey |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=247–249 |jstor=26301081 |issn=1302-177X}}
  • The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.{{Cite web |title=The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-9780190625320?q=The%20Israeli-Palestinian%20Conflict:%20What%20Everyone%20Needs%20to%20Know,&cc=us&lang=en |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=global.oup.com}}

Journal articles

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| last2 = Peleg

| first2 = Ilan

| title = The Nation-State Law and the Weakening of Israeli Democracy

| journal = Israel Studies

| volume = 25

| issue = 3

| pages = 185–200

| date = 2020

| doi = 10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.16

| jstor = 10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.16

| s2cid = 226425398

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/israelstudies.25.3.16

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Young American Jews and Israel: Beyond Birthright and BDS

| journal = Israel Studies

| volume = 22

| issue = 3

| pages = 177–199

| date = 2017

| doi = 10.2979/israelstudies.22.3.08

| s2cid = 148971751

| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/article/664759

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = American Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

| journal = Political Science Quarterly

| volume = 132

| issue = 2

| pages = 313–340

| date = 2017

| doi = 10.1002/polq.12617

| url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/polq.12617

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Is Israeli Democracy in Danger?

| journal = Current History

| volume = 115

| issue = 785

| pages = 360–362

| date = 2016

| doi = 10.1525/curh.2016.115.785.360

| jstor = 48614211

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| last2 = Lasensky

| first2 = Scott

| title = Jewish Foreign Policy: Israel, World Jewry, and the Defense of 'Jewish Interests'

| journal = Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

| volume = 12

| issue = 2

| pages =232–252

| date = 2013

| doi = 10.1080/14725886.2013.796153

| s2cid = 145098208

| url = https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14725886.2013.796153

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Israel's Other Palestinian Problem: the Future Vision Documents and the demands of the Palestinian minority in Israel

| journal = Israel Affairs

| volume = 19

| issue = 1

| pages = 214–229

| date = 2013

| doi = 10.1080/13537121.2013.748295

| s2cid = 205767355

| url = https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13537121.2013.748295

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = A Dangerous Divide: The Deterioration of Jewish-Palestinian Relations in Israel

| journal = The Middle East Journal

| volume = 66

| issue = 1

| pages = 11–29

| date = 2012

| doi = 10.3751/66.1.11

| jstor = 41342767

| s2cid = 145591627

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/41342767

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Living with Terror, Not Living in Terror: The Impact of Chronic Terrorism on Israeli Society

| journal = Perspectives on Terrorism

| volume = 5

| issue = 5

| pages = 181–196

| date = 2012

| doi = 10.4135/9781473917248.n14

| isbn = 9781446272817

| url = http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/living-with-terror/html

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = The Israel Lobbies: A Survey of the Pro-Israel Community in the United States

| journal = Israel Studies Forum

| volume = 25

| issue = 1

| pages = 5–28

| date = 2010

| doi =

| jstor = 41805051

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/41805051

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = From Jerusalem to Baghdad? Israel and the War in Iraq

| journal = International Studies Perspectives

| volume = 10

| issue = 1

| pages = 1–17

| date = 2009

| doi = 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2008.00354.x

| jstor = 44218575

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/44218575

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| last2 = Peleg

| first2 = Ilan

| title = Neither Ethnocracy nor Bi-Nationalism: In Search of the Middle Ground

| journal = Israel Studies Forum

| volume = 23

| issue = 2

| pages = 55–73

| date = 2008

| doi = 10.3167/isf.2008.230203

| jstor = 41804993

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/41804993

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = From Controversy to Consensus: Cultural Conflict and the Israeli Debate over Territorial Withdrawal

| journal = Israel Studies

| volume = 13

| issue = 2

| pages = 73–96

| date = 2008

| doi = 10.2979/ISR.2008.13.2.73

| jstor = 30245686

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/30245686

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| last2 = Rynhold

| first2 = Jonathan

| title = Ideological Change and Israel's Disengagement from Gaza

| journal = Political Science Quarterly

| volume = 123

| issue = 1

| pages = 11–37

| date = 2008

| doi = 10.1002/j.1538-165X.2008.tb00615.x

| jstor = 20202970

| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/20202970

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Beyond Realpolitik: The Israel Lobby and U.S. Support for Israel

| journal = Israel Studies Forum

| volume = 22

| issue = 2

| pages = 97–114

| date = 2007

| jstor = 41804983

| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/41804983

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| last2 = Peleg

| first2 = Ilan

| title = Losing Control? A Comparison of Majority-Minority Relations in Israel and Turkey

| journal = Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

| volume = 13

| issue = 3

| pages = 431–463

| date = 2007

| doi = 10.1080/13537110701451611

| s2cid = 44570056

| url = https://doi.org/10.1080/13537110701451611

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Israel's Dilemma: Unity or Peace?

| journal = Israel Affairs

| volume = 12

| issue = 2

| pages = 200–220

| date = 2006

| doi = 10.1080/13537120500535100

| s2cid = 30985577

| url = https://doi.org/10.1080/13537120500535100

| url-access = subscription

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = An Incomplete Revolution: Israeli National Identity, Cultural Change and The Camp David II Negotiations

| journal = Israel Studies Forum

| volume = 19

| issue = 3

| pages = 140–157

| date = 2004

| doi = 10.3167/106577104782368168

| doi-broken-date = 2 December 2024

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250200743

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Between Isolation and Integration: The Jewish Dimension in Israeli Foreign Policy

| journal = Israel Studies Forum

| volume = 19

| issue = 1

| pages = 34–56

| date = 2003

| jstor = 41805175

| url = http://www.jstor.org/stable/41805175

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = A Tragic Hero: The Decline and Fall of Ehud Barak

| journal = Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs

| volume = 6

| issue = 2

| pages = 71–88

| date = 2001

| doi =

| url = http://sam.gov.tr/pdf/perceptions/Volume-VI/june-july-2001/Dov-Waxman.pdf

}}

  • {{cite journal

| last1 = Waxman

| first1 = Dov

| title = Islam and Turkish National Identity: A Reappraisal

| journal = Turkish Yearbook of International Relations

| volume = 30

| issue =

| pages = 1–22

| date = 2000

| doi = 10.1501/Intrel_0000000013

| doi-broken-date = 1 November 2024

| url = http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/44/670/8527.pdf

}}

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