Avichayil Smoler

Avichayil Smoler is the Cross-Arena Research Coordinator at the Institute for National Security Studies. He graduated with honours from Tel Aviv University with a double major in Political Science and East Asian Studies, and holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies (magna cum laude) from the same university. His undergraduate research analysed the threat perception of South Korea and Japan from 2017 to 2022, and his master's thesis examined Japan's defence-diplomacy policy from 2013 to 2023.