Dr Shira Efron is director of research at the New York-based Israel Policy Forum (IPF), a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, and a senior advisor to Israel’s Ministry of Defense and National Security Council on the nexus between climate change and national security. In 2022, after 12 years, she took a sabbatical from the RAND Corporation, where she founded and led the Israel program. Before joining RAND, Dr. Efron was a Middle East analyst at several think tanks in Washington, D.C., including the Center for American Progress and Middle East Institute. She has a PhD and MPhil in policy analysis from RAND’s Graduate School, an MA in international relations/international business from New York University, and a BSc in biology (major) and computer science (minor) from Tel Aviv University. She is a member of the board of directors of Deborah Forum, which promotes women in the security establishments
