Dan Diker

His dissertation on the Palestinian National Movement and the West was under the supervision of Professor Christian Kaunert, Department of Security Studies at the University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK.

In the mid-1980s Diker trained as an actor at Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City, and landed several small roles in Delta Force 3: The Killing Game.

[1] From 1984 to 1987, Diker worked on Wall Street, first as a marketing professional at Drexel Burnham Lambert, and then as an advisor to the co-chairman on investment banking at Shearson Lehman Brothers.

[3] Before his appointment as president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in 2023, Diker was a Fellow and senior project director there, where he headed the Program to Counter Political Warfare and BDS.

[4] In December 2012, the London-based Jewish Chronicle newspaper reported that Diker had announced his resignation effective January 2013, with the WJC's relocation of its main office to NYC.