Dr. Gedaliah Afterman is the Head of the Asia-Israel Policy Program at the Abba Eban Institute. Well experienced in International Relations, he takes particular interest in Asian regional security, Chinese foreign policy as well as superpower competition and its impacts globally and in the Middle East. His previous roles include serving as a diplomat at the Australian Embassy in Beijing; International Strategic Policy Specialist at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT); Fellow and China Programme Lead at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) in Jerusalem. Dr. Afterman holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne.