Moran Banai

U.S. Editor, Middle East Bulletin

Moran Banai is the U.S. editor of the Middle East Bulletin. She worked as a researcher for the National Security Network on issues including transnational terrorism and U.S. economic competitiveness and was the editor in chief of Columbia University’s Journal of International Affairs from 2005 to 2006. Banai has a background in education on the Arab-Israeli conflict from her time working as the National Director of Hashomer Hatzair and as the Director of Programs and Academic Affairs at Meretz USA for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace. She has a master's degree in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University.