Ido Levy

Ido Levy is the editor-in-chief of Georgetown Public Policy Review. He is a second-year MPP student at the McCourt School of Public Policy. He earned a BA in government from Israel’s IDC Herzliya. He has completed research work for the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Institute for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, and Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. After graduating, he hopes to enter the security research world through a think tank or academia.

Why are there so few Islamic State recruits from Israel?

US aircraft flying over Northern Iraq en route to bomb ISIS targets in Syria

Despite a long history of grievances, only a handful of Palestinian citizens of Israel have joined the Islamic State. The Israeli experience, while unique, may offer long-term lessons for other countries. On the evening of October 24, 2015, an Israeli man was seen paragliding into Syria from the Golan Heights in Israel. Israeli authorities […]

How cyber amplifies the nuclear threat and what to do about it

As cyber weapons become more accessible and versatile, many states are incorporating cyber into their national defense strategies. What does this mean for nuclear proliferation, especially for non-state actors and states such as Iran post-JCPOA? President Donald Trump recently announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), otherwise known as […]

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