Emily Landau

Emily Landau
אמילי לנדאו
Landau, 2019
Born(1960-08-01)August 1, 1960
DiedJanuary 6, 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 59)
OccupationsResearcher, scholar, lecturer
TitleDirector of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University
SpouseGiora Landau
Children2
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineInternational relations
Main interestsArms control

Emily Landau (Hebrew: אמילי לנדאו; 1 August 1960 – 6 January 2020) was an Israeli political scientist and scholar of international relations. She served as a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University[1] since 1986,[2] where she headed the Arms Control and Regional Security Program.[3] Landau's research focused primarily on nuclear proliferation, arms control doctrines, and regional security in the Middle East.[2]

Landau lectured at Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, and Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya. In 2015, she was recognized by Forbes Israel as one of the country's 50 most influential women.[4]

Biography

Landau was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 1 August 1960 as the third child of Barbara and Professor Mark Beran, a founder of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Engineering. She immigrated to Israel with her family when she was 14.[2]

Landau earned her bachelor's degree in political science and English, followed by a master's degree in political science, from Tel Aviv University. She subsequently received her doctorate in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2]

Landau began her career in 1986 as a research assistant at Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies (later the Institute for National Security Studies). She advanced within the organization to become a senior research fellow and was later appointed Director of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program.[2]

Landau authored several scholarly works on arms control and nuclear policy in the Middle East. Her first book, Israel's Nuclear Image: Arab Perceptions of Israel's Nuclear Posture (1994, Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies),[5] examined regional perceptions of Israel's nuclear strategy.

Her second book, Arms Control in the Middle East: Cooperative Security Dialogue and Regional Constraints (2006, Sussex Academic Press),[6] based on her doctoral thesis,[2] analyzed the challenges and prospects of advancing regional arms control. In 2012, she published Decade of Diplomacy: Negotiations with Iran and North Korea and the Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation through the INSS,[7] which reviewed key diplomatic efforts concerning nuclear non-proliferation.

She also served as the editor for the INSS publication Arms Control and National Security in April 2014.[8]

Landau was a critic of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed between Iran and the P5+1 nations, arguing against it in op-ed articles and publications.[9][2] She characterized Iran's actions as manipulative, drawing a comparison to North Korea's conduct regarding the 1994 Agreed Framework. She also criticized President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the deal, arguing[10] that he should have instead worked with other signatories to fix the deficiencies of the JCPOA.[2]

Academic career

She participated in numerous Track II nongovernmental initiatives regarding arms control and regional security in the Middle East, serving for eight years on the steering committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Study Commission (EuroMeSCo).[2]

In addition to holding membership at INSS, she served on the editorial advisory board of Fathom. She organized international arms control conferences at the INSS and lectured at professional forums in Israel and abroad, including events hosted by Wilton Park, the Belfer Center at Harvard University, and AIPAC.[2]

Legacy

The INSS commemorates her work through the annual Emily B. Landau Prize, awarded for research in arms control and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.[11]

In April 2020, her colleague, Eytan Gilboa has published a euology for her on the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs.[2] Gilboa points out two articles that he thinks illustrate best her research interests and reprent the quality of her work — Egypt, Israel, and the WMDFZ Conference for the Middle East: Setting the Record Straight[12] of 2013 and Iran in North Korea's Footsteps: Can Anything Be Done?[13] of 2017.[2] He has praised her insights and observations as a scholar, and described her as a "team player", "uncompromising" and "committed to the security and wellbeing of Israel and the liberal democratic West".[2]

Personal life

Landau was married to Giora, an intellectual property lawyer.[2] The couple had two children, Guy and Tamar.[2]

Publications

Books

  • Kurz, Anat; Landau, Emily (2014). Written at Tel Aviv. Arms Control and National Security: New Horizons. Memorandum. Vol. 135. Institute for National Security Studies: Tel Aviv University. ISBN 978-965-7425-61-9.
  • Landau, Emily (2012). Rosen, Judith (ed.). Decade of Diplomacy: Negotiations with Iran and North Korea and the Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PDF). Memorandum No. 115. Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies. ISBN 978-965-7425-33-6. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  • Landau, Emily B. (2006). Arms control in the Middle East: cooperative security dialogue and regional constraints. Brighton Portland: Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-83624-049-5.
  • Landau, Emily; Levité, Ariel (1994). בעיני הערבים: דימויה הגרעיני של ישראל Be'einei Ha-Aravim: Dimuya Ha-Gar'ini Shel Yisrael [Israel's Nuclear Image: Arab Perceptions of Israel's Nuclear Posture] (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.

Articles

References

  1. ^ "ד"ר אמילי לנדאו – המרכז הבינתחומי הרצליה" [Dr. Emily Landau – Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya]. Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Gilboa, Eytan (2020-01-02). "Emily B. Landau (1960–2020)". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 14 (1): 91–94. doi:10.1080/23739770.2020.1751944. ISSN 2373-9770.
  3. ^ קריא, גיל (2015-08-24). "לא קונבנציונלית: ראיון עם החוקרת שמכירה כל אות בהסכם עם איראן" Unconventional: An interview with the researcher who knows every letter of the agreement with Iran [Lo Konventsionalit: Re'ayon im ha-khokeret she-makira kol ot ba-heskem im Iran]. פורבס ישראל (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  4. ^ "הנשים המשפיעות 2015" HaNashim HaMashpi'ot 2015 [Most Influentional Women of 2015]. Forbes Israel (in Hebrew). 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  5. ^ Landau, Emily; Levité, Ariel (1994). בעיני הערבים: דימויה הגרעיני של ישראל Be'einei Ha-Aravim: Dimuya Ha-Gar'ini Shel Yisrael [Israel's Nuclear Image: Arab Perceptions of Israel's Nuclear Posture] (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.
  6. ^ Landau, Emily B. (2006). Arms control in the Middle East: cooperative security dialogue and regional constraints. Brighton Portland: Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 978-1-83624-049-5.
  7. ^ Landau, Emily (2012). Rosen, Judith (ed.). Decade of Diplomacy: Negotiations with Iran and North Korea and the Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PDF). Memorandum No. 115. Tel Aviv: Institute for National Security Studies. ISBN 978-965-7425-33-6. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  8. ^ Kurz, Anat; Landau, Emily (2014). Written at Tel Aviv. Arms Control and National Security: New Horizons. Memorandum. Vol. 135. Institute for National Security Studies: Tel Aviv University. ISBN 978-965-7425-61-9.
  9. ^ Landau, Emily (2017-03-01). "Obama's Legacy, a Nuclear Iran?". Middle East Forum. Archived from the original on 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  10. ^ Landau, Emily (2017-10-16). "US Policy on Iran Unveiled: Getting Tough without Leaving the Nuclear Deal". Institute for National Security Studies. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  11. ^ "Emily B. Landau Annual Prize for Research in Arms Control and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction". Institute for National Security Studies. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  12. ^ Landau, Emily B. (2013-01-01). "Egypt, Israel, and the WMDFZ Conference for the Middle East: Setting the Record Straight". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 7: 13–16. doi:10.1080/23739770.2013.11446529. ISSN 2373-9770.
  13. ^ Landau, Emily B. (2017-09-02). "Iran in North Korea's Footsteps: Can Anything Be Done?". Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 11 (3): 349–355. doi:10.1080/23739770.2017.1418352. ISSN 2373-9770.
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