Dr. Merom’s research and teaching interests are in international security, world politics, national security, foreign policy, conflict resolution, strategy, intelligence, Israeli politics, guerrilla, counter-insurgency, and military intervention.

His recent publications include “New Patterns of Military Intervention” in A. Ben-Zvi and A. Klieman (eds.), Global Politics (London, Frank Cass, 2001); “Forecasting the Future of War” in Z. Maoz and A. Gat (eds.), War in a Changing World (Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001); “The 1962 Cuban Intelligence Estimate: A Methodological Perspective”, Intelligence and National Security Vol.14.

• International relations
• Conflict resolution
• Guerrilla and counter-insurgency
• Intelligence
• International military intervention
• International security
• Realism
• Security

2007

Book Section/s

Merom G 2007 'The origins and implications of Western counterinsurgency failures' in Understanding Victory and Defeat in Contempory War, ed. J.Angstrom and I.Duyvesteyn, Routledge, London pp. 168-86.

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2007 'Globalization and Terrorism', The Taiwanese Journal of Australian Studies, vol.8, pp. 87-120.

2005

Book Section/s

Merom G 2005 forthcoming 'The origins and implications of Western modern counterinsurgency failures ' in The Nature of Victory and Defeat , ed. Isabelle Duyvesteyn and Jan Angstrom, Taylor and Francis, London.

2004

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2004 'The Social Origins of the French Capitulation in Algeria', Armed Forces & Society, vol.30, pp. 601- 628.

2003

Book/s

Merom G 2003 How Democracies Lose Small Wars, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Book Section/s

Merom G 2003 'The architecture and soft spots of Israeli grand strategy' in Strategic logic and political rationality - Essays in honor of Michael Handel, ed. Bradford Lee and Karl Walling, Frank Cass, London pp. 215-248.

Journal Article/s

Merom G 2003 'Elionut Tzvait Ve'hachraa Be'milhamot Ketanot', Keshet Ha'hadasha, vol.2:6, pp. 170-184.

Merom G 2003 'Realist Hypotheses on Regional Peace', The Journal of Stategic Studies, vol.26:1, pp. 109-135.

2001

Book Section/s

Merom G 2001 'Forecasting the Future of War: Foundations for an Algorithm' in War in a changing world, ed. Zeev Maoz and Azar Gat, University Of Michigan Press, Michigan pp. 207-225.

Merom G 2001 'New patterns of military intervention' in Global Politics - Essays in Honour of David Vital, ed. A Ben-Zvi and A Klieman, Frank Cass, London pp. 77-97.

1999

Journal Article/s

Merom G 1999 'Israel´s National Security and the Myth of Exceptionalism', Political Science Quarterly, pp. 409-434.

Merom G 1999 'The 1962 Cuban Intelligence estimate: A methodological perspective', Intelligence and National Security, vol.14:3, pp. 48-80.