Conferences Presentations & Invited Talks

Guarding Freedom of Religion and Belief in the Age of AI
Human Dignity and the Governance Challenge
Invited Address, Republic of Armenia Prayer Breakfast (RAPB)
Yerevan, Armenia
October 2, 2026

AI and the Conduct of War
From Contemporary Battlefield Lessons to 

Meaningful Governance Frameworks: Setting the Agenda
Workshop Organizer and Convener
PDRD International Workshop, 

in collaboration with RCCC, the Abba Eban Institute, and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Reichman University

July 21–22, 2026

Herzliya, Israel

Maintaining Judgment Under Fire
AI, Uncertainty, and Decision-Making in War
Israel Association for International Studies (IAIS), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
May 4, 2026

Jerusalem, Israel

When Machines Advise on War
AI, Human Judgment, and Legal Responsibility 

under International Humanitarian Law
SIpEIA Conference on AI & Law, Sapienza University
February 2–3, 2026

Rome, Italy

Rethinking Meaningful Human Control in LAWS
Human–Machine Asymmetry, Domain Limits, 

and Informed Deference
Budapest Workshop of the Philosophy of Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
November 27, 2025

Budapest, Hungary

Behavioral and Functional Perspectives on Meaningful Human Control in AI-Enabled Military Decision-Making
Workshop Organizer, Convener, and Presenter
PDRD Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Warfare, 

in collaboration with RCCC and the 

ICT Global Summit at Reichman University
September 15, 2025

Herzliya, Israel

Cognitive Freedom
The Key to Democratic Resilience in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
PDRD Roundtable, Reichman University
January 21, 2024

Herzliya, Israel

How Social Media Platforms and AI Can Protect FoRB

Panel Speaker: Technology and Corporations
International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance Ministerial Conference
November 29, 2023

Prague, Czech Republic

Group Dynamics and Their Influence on 

Critical Decisions in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Co-presented with Prof. Alex Mintz
Israel Political Science Association
February 23, 2023

Tel Aviv, Israel

Reliving the Cuban Missile Crisis
Historical Simulation — Role of Llewellyn Thompson, Ambassador-at-Large, Team USA
WikiStrat and the Royal Military College of Canada
November 7–13, 2022

International Online Simulation

Beyond Rationality
Behavioral Political Science in the 21st Century
Co-presented with Prof. Alex Mintz
Victoria University of Wellington
September 21, 2022

Wellington, New Zealand

Agenda Setting in Group Decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Co-presented with Prof. Alex Mintz
Comparative Agendas Project Conference
July 10, 2022

Herzliya, Israel

Rethinking Group Dynamics
The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
Israeli Association for International Studies
May 12, 2022

Haifa, Israel

Rethinking Group Dynamics
The Cuban Missile Crisis Revisited
International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) Annual Meeting
Panel Chair, Innovations in Intergroup Relations II
July 2021

Montreal, Canada

Change and Continuity in Obama's Middle East Policy
An Analysis of Groupthink and Polythink in 

Obama's Advisory Team
International Studies Association (ISA)
Additional Role: Panel Chair, Foreign Policy Change
2019

Toronto, Canada

Collective Decision-Making and Foreign Policy Change
The Role of Groupthink and Polythink in Two U.S. Policy Decisions of the Arab Spring
Israel Political Science Association
2019

Galilee, Israel

The Polythink Syndrome and Its Impact on Leader-Driven Foreign Policy Change
Israel Political Science Association
2018

Jerusalem, Israel

The Role of Groupthink and Polythink in Foreign Policy Change and Continuity
Co-authored with Prof. Alex Mintz
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention
2018

San Francisco, USA

The Polythink Syndrome in Foreign Policy and National Security Decisions
Co-authored with Prof. Alex Mintz
Australian National University
2017

Canberra, Australia

Did Groupthink or Polythink Derail the 2016 Raqqa Offensive?
The Impact of Group Dynamics on 

Strategic and Tactical Decision-Making
International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention
2017

Baltimore, USA