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Dr. Shlomo Shpiro
Research Associate

Telephone: 03-5318108
email: sshpiro@mail.biu.ac.il

Dr. Shlomo Shpiro is a lecturer in Politics and Communications at the Department of Political Studies, Bar-Ilan University and Senior Research Fellow at the BESA Center. He has previously lectured at the universities of Birmingham and Cologne as well as holding the position of Research Coordinator at the Israeli Parliament.

Specialization:

Security, democracy and communications, with special emphasis on intelligence and security services and on European Union media policies.

Recent publications:

"Parliamentary and Administrative Reforms in the Control of Intelligence Services in the European Union", Columbia Journal of European Law, 4/3 (Summer 1998); Guarding the Guards - Parliamentary Control of the Intelligence Services in Germany and Britain (Bonn: KAS, 1997); "EU External Third Pillar Cooperation: Enhancing Regional Stability, Promoting Democracy and Securing Critical EU Interests," in Costa L. & Fromhart S. (eds), East Meets West: The Challenge of Enlarging Europe (New York: Columbia University, 1998); "Parliament, Media and the Control of Intelligence Services in Germany", in Lustgarten L. (ed.), Intelligence and Security Services - Common Structures, New Problems (London: Frank Cass, 1999).


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