Aaron Klieman

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Aaron S. Klieman (July 27, 1939 – June 17, 2021) was an American-born Israeli historian who specialized in international relations. He helped build the study of international affairs in Israel and around the world. He held the Nahum Goldmann Chair in Diplomacy Studies at Tel Aviv University and founded the Abba Eban Graduate Program in Diplomacy. He wrote and edited many books and articles and was senior editor of the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.

Born in Chicago, he earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and an MA from Columbia University in Middle Eastern studies. He joined Tel Aviv University in 1969, eventually led the Department of Political Science, and taught for more than 50 years. He created the Round Table - Ambassadors Forum to connect students with diplomats and the International Forum for public discussion of Israeli and world issues. In 2001, he started the Abba Eban Graduate Program in Diplomacy and served as Nahum Goldmann Chair from 1997 to 2009. He was a research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center and the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (now INSS). He also taught at Georgetown University and other universities, and supported Track II diplomacy and Israeli–Palestinian negotiations.

After retiring in 2007, Klieman founded the Department of Politics and Government at Ashkelon Academic College to bring high-level study to Israel’s periphery.