Dr. Ehud Gonen, Research Fellow at the Institute for Maritime Policy & Strategy. Holds a PhD from the University of Haifa, an MA in International Relations from the Hebrew University, and a BA in Economics and Psychology from the University of Haifa. Senior Research Fellow at the Harold Hartog School of Government and Policy, Tel Aviv University (2015). Graduate of the Ministry of Economy’s Cadet Course and served as a Diplomat at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore (2000) and in Australia (2008), and as the Chief Economist of the Foreign Trade Administration at the Ministry of Economy. Ehud’s research areas are international trade, shipping and ports, foreign direct investment (FDI), and logistics corridors.