Joav Toker

Assistant Professor
Journalist and consultant

Fields of expertise

  • Media and Global Communications

  • Middle-Eastern Affairs

  • Foreign Policy Formulation

  • "Diplomacy, Ideology and Terrorism"

  • European Affairs, EU institutions, Common EU Diplomacy & Defense Policies

Education

  • B.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem: International Affairs, Political Science

  • Master of International Affairs, Columbia University, New-York: Graduate School of International Affairs, Graduate School of Journalism
  • Ph.D. project on International Politics and Media ‘cross-impacts'; Columbia University.

Other current posts

  • Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme, Paris: professor

  • TV5 (International ‘francophone' TV channel): Editorial contributor, Consultant (shows on current affairs)

  • YVC Academic Center, Israel: Lectures & Workshops on Media Politics & Impacts

  • "GLOBES" daily: Correspondent for Europe

Previous experience

  • Université de Paris 8, Department of Anglo-Saxon Studies

  • Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Faculty of Social Sciences

  • Schiller International University (American College in Paris)

  • European Bureau-chief, IBA-TV (Channels 1 & 10), based in Paris (1994-2006): TV & radio coverage, commentary & analysis of international events in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, USA, USSR & Russia: International & EU Summits (Paris, Brussels, London, Rome, Geneva, Madrid, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw, Moscow); the wars in Iraq; the wars in ex-Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Kosovo.)

  • Editor in Chief, The Evening News « MABAT », Israel Television, Jerusalem

  • Correspondent in France, European coverage, for the HA'ARETZ daily

  • Correspondent in New-York (UN Affairs), GLZ Radio

  • President, Association "Les LUMIERES", Paris 2003-2004

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News

Prof. Toker on France 24 to comment about the release of French Aid Worker by Al Qaeda militants

February 26, 2010

Professor Joav Toker was on France 24 to comment on the consequences of the release of French aid worker Pierre Camatte by North African Al Qaeda militants on February 23. According to France 24, "the release has been met with relief in France, but has stirred up a diplomatic storm. Algeria and Mauritania have recalled their ambassadors in protest, judging that the deal undermines the efforts of all countries in the region to combat terrorism in North Africa."

View France24's show Face-off: Pierre Camatte's release: free, at what cost?

Joav Toker comments on current affairs on international Francophone TV channel TV5

November 22, 2009

Joav Toker was on the international Francophone TV channel TV5 twice in November to comment on various world affairs, including the inter-Palestinian crisis, US-China relationships, Radovan Karadzic's trial, the political situation in Pakistan, and the European Union presidency.

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Prof. Toker gives a talk on the foreign policy of France and the EU

October 24, 2009

Joav TokerOn October 23 Professor Joav Toker gave a paper about the Middle-Eastern policy of France and the European Union, at the national convention of UEJF (Union des Etudiants Juifs de France).

In his presentation Professor Toker examined the possible impact of the recent awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama on his mediation role in the conflicts affecting that region of the world.

Government and Media in Extreme Crisis Situations

July 17, 2009

Joav Toker

Professor Joav Toker gave a paper on "Government and Media in Extreme Crisis Situations" at Sciences-Po (Institut d'Etudes Politiques) in Paris on April 17. His paper examined both government and media institutions in situations of extreme tension, such as natural catastrophies or terrorist attacks. Professor Toker looked at the way both of those types of power react under exceptional circumstances: what is the mechanism of change and the correlation betweeen both of them.

The audience was composed of students and faculty in the disciplines of international relations, political science, media studies and journalism.

Prof. Toker Comments Current Affairs on TV5

October 6, 2008

Joav Toker

Professor Toker participated in several recent TV debates on Foreign Affairs on the international Francophone channel TV5.

View debates here:

Prof. Joav Toker Participates in Debates on the Middle-East

June 11, 2008

Joav Toker

Professor Joav Toker participated in a TV debate about the situation in the Gaza strip on the French parliament TV channel La Chaîne Parlementaire.

In February, 2008 he also participated in a TV debate about Middle-East terrorism, the EU and the US, on the French national TV channel France 5, in an "expert-debate" show entitled "C dans l'Air".

Prof. Toker Comments the 'Conference of Donors' on France 24

December 28, 2007

Joav Toker

In December 2007 Prof. Joav Toker participated in a televized debate on the international news channel France 24, evaluating the results of the Parisian 'Conference of Donors' for the Palestinian state.

Prof. Toker's previous appearances on France 24 were about 'European Foreign Policy ambitions' (March 2007) and 'French Presidential Election' (April).

Prof. Joav Toker Anchors Conference on Sustainable Development

October 31, 2007

Joav TokerIn October 2007 Professor Toker anchored a day-long conference on 'International Sustainable Development' (Développement Durable International) at the Grande Arche de la Defense near Paris, with the participation of Jean-Louis Borloo, French Minister of the Environment.

Joav Toker Writes an Article in French National Newspaper

April 7, 2007

Joav TokerProf Joav Toker wrote an article entitled "La Recherche d'une Brèche" in the French national daily newspaper Le Monde, in the editorial "Décryptage" section of the April 7th, 2007 issue.

Ian Campbell USA
M.A., School of International Relations
Class of 2009

quote leftAGS has not only introduced and allowed me to explore the ideas of the scholars in the field, but also to explore my own ideas in the hopes that they become a part of the larger discipline.quote right

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