Prof. Gadi Heimann is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Head of its PhD program. His research focuses on diplomacy, alliance politics, and the role of interpersonal relations in international affairs, combining historical depth with innovative theoretical approaches.
Heimann has published extensively in leading academic journals and is the author of several books on international relations, including works on France–Israel relations and Israel’s engagement with Europe, as well as broader studies on decision-making, emotions, and diplomacy in global politics.
Prof. Gadi Heimann is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Head of its PhD program. His research focuses on diplomacy, alliance politics, and the role of interpersonal relations in international affairs, combining historical depth with innovative theoretical approaches.
Heimann has published extensively in leading academic journals and is the author of several books on international...
Why Leaders and Nations Choose War: Emotions and Decision Making analyses the decisive role that emotions play in one of the most consequential arenas of human life-war. Challenging the assumption that leaders act purely on rational calcu
Relations between the new state of Israel and the European Union in the first twenty years of the Community’s existence were a major policy issue given the background of the Holocaust and the way the new nation was established. This book focuses on Israel-European Community relations from 1957 to 1975 - from the signing of the Treaty of Rome...
Since the Sinai campaign, France had been Israel’s ally, providing advanced weapons and granting political support and economic aid. When Charles de Gaulle returned to lead France in 1958 during the Algerian War, Israeli leadership faced a challenge to maintain the friendship in light of the President’s insistence on re-establishing French...
