Benedetta Berti is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), a Young Atlanticist at the Atlantic Council and a member of the faculty at Tel Aviv University. She also works as policy and security consultant for a number of NGOs, political risk consulting firms and international organisations. Her recent publications include Armed Political Organisations: from conflict to integration (2013) and (with Joshua Gleis) Hezbollah and Hamas: a comparative study (2012).