
Ehud holds an M.A. in International Relations from the Hebrew University and a B.A. in Economics and Psychology from the University of Haifa. He was a senior research fellow at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy at Tel Aviv University (2015). A graduate of the Ministry of Economy’s cadet course, he served as a commercial attaché at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore (2000) and Australia (2008) and as the chief economist of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy.
He has published two books: December, a historical novella about the immigration to Israel from the Commonwealth of Independent States, and The Book of Tea, on tea culture. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Haifa and a researcher at the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy, specializing in shipping, ports, and China’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative.