Emmanuel Navon

Emmanuel Navon (Hebrew: עמנואל נבון‎‎; born January 21, 1971) is a French-born Israeli political scientist and foreign policy expert who teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. He is a senior fellow at the Kohelet Policy Forum and a senior analyst for i24news.

Emmanuel Navon was born in Paris, France, as Emmanuel Mréjen. As a child, he attended the international bilingual school (French/English). He graduated from Sciences-Po, majoring in Public Administration. During his studies at Sciences-Po, he interned at the French Foreign Ministry and at the French Ministry of Finance. In 1993, he immigrated to Israel and subsequently changed his last name to Navon. In Israel, Navon enrolled in the Israel Defense Forces and pursued his graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning a master's degree and a Ph.D. in international relations. During his studies at the Hebrew University, he consulted to the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the reform of the United Nations and joined the Shalem Center as a doctoral fellow.

Navon began his career as consultant for Arttic (a consultancy specialized in R&D funding), helping Israeli companies obtain funding from the European Commission and join European consortia. Between 2003 and 2005, he served as CEO of BNIC, an NGO that trained Israel's business leaders in public diplomacy. Between 2005 and 2010, he was a partner with the Navon-Levy Group, a consultancy that promoted Israeli agricultural projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2011 and 2016, he served as head of the Political Science and Communication Department at the Jerusalem Haredi College (affiliated with Bar-Ilan University). Navon is a frequent guest speaker in North America and Europe on behalf of Organizations such as the Jewish Federations of North America,Hillel International, and ELNET where he generally addresses current affairs related to Israel and to the Jewish people.

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