Zvi Magen

Zvi Magen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel. He joined the INSS research staff following a long career in Israel’s Foreign Service. From 1993-1997 he served as Israel’s ambassador to the Ukraine, and in 1998-1999 he served as Israel’s ambassador to Russia. In the years 1999-2006 he served as head of the “Nativ” organization (the Prime Minister’s Office liaison group for the FSU and Jewish diaspora affairs), and in 2006-2009, he was head of the Institute for Eurasian Studies at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Ambassador Magen served in IDF Military Intelligence, completing his service with the rank of lieutenant colonel.


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