Miri Eisin is an expert in geopolitics in the Middle East, security issues, and conflicting narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A retired Colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, she served over 20 years in Military Intelligence before being appointed as the first female foreign media advisor to the Prime Minister and the Israeli government spokesperson in the Second Lebanon War. She now teaches at IDC-Herzliya, and is an associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism.