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Anat Shapira is a researcher at the “Israel’s National Security Policy” research Program at the INSS and a PhD candidate in the Philosophy Department of Tel Aviv University. Her dissertation focuses on the Moral Foundations of War Ethics. In the course of her work, Anat examines the effect that adopting different normative approaches has on questions like "when is it just to go to war?" and "Which means is it just to use during a war". In her work in the INSS she focuses on issues concerning the relationship between the military and the society in Israel and the national resilience of Israel.
Anat finished her BA in Philosophy and the University of Haifa honours program Magna Cum Laude, and proceeded to do her MA in Philosophy at the same university. She is also a lecturer on moral philosophy philosophy, rhetoric and persuasion in Israeli Academia alongside the public and private sector. In the past she has won many debate competitions in Israel and abroad and was twice designated as the best speaker (ESL) at the European Universities Debating Championship and once as the best speaker at the World Universities Debating Championship.
