Prof. Greilsammer is a full Professor in Comparative Politics and Israeli Politics at the Department of Political Science of Bar- Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Tel-Aviv) and Director of the Center for European Studies of Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of a dozen of books on French politics and Israeli politics. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).