Dr Nathan Peres
Senior Fellow
Dr Nathan Peres is a Senior Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative focusing on geopolitical risk, economic security and the impact of international developments on New Zealand.
Nathan is a historian and political scientist who previously lectured at the University of Strasbourg and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned his PhD at Sorbonne University in Paris, researching contemporary Lebanon. Earlier in his career, he worked, amongst others, as a research and parliamentary assistant at the State Parliament of Hamburg.
His research focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, including the Arab–Israeli conflict, French–Middle Eastern relations and NATO's involvement in Libya. He has also taught in Morocco and Tajikistan and has conducted field work in Tunisia and Brazil.
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