Arnon Bersson is a researcher in the fields of Middle East energy security and geopolitics with a focus on the Arab Gulf States. He has worked as a researcher and analyst for several Israeli companies in the Hi-tech and energy industries. Arnon is a frequent contributor to the “Israel and the Arab Gulf Program” at the Abba Eban Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. He earned his BA in political science and Middle Eastern Studies and his MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Bar Ilan University, Israel.