Daniel F. Wajner is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also teaches in the Department of International Relations and Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University, while serving as the General-Secretary of the Israeli Association for International Studies (IAIS). His academic articles have been published in International Studies Quarterly, Foreign Policy Analysis, Diplomacy & Statecraft, Regional & Federal Studies, and Latin American Research Review. His main areas of research and teaching include legitimacy studies, conflict resolution, regional cooperation, and populist foreign and security policies, particularly focusing on their interplay in the realm of Middle East and Latin American politics.