Eldad Ben Aharon is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and was previously an Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in International Security at Dublin City University. His work explores the nexus of security, identity, and memory, drawing on insights from securitisation theory, foreign policy analysis, and oral history. Ben Aharon has published widely on Israeli foreign policy and its intersections with broader regional conflict dynamics, with his research appearing in leading academic journals, including the European Journal of International Security, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Oral History Review, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Genocide Research and Cold War History.

Eldad Ben Aharon's book provides original and important insights into the first "global war on terror" under the Reagan administration in the 1980s. Drawing upon extensive archival research and interviews, this book examines how Cold War-era ontological fears of international terrorism shaped liaison efforts amongst the U.S., Israel and Turkey. This notably led to delays in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 for several decades. This compelling work highlights the deep interconnections between security policy and historical memory.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Israel’s Stance Regarding the Armenian GenocidePART I. ISRAELI–TURKISH RELATIONS AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR1. The Stakes of Losing Turkey2. Steps towards NormalisationPART II. RADICALISATION, SECURITY AND MEMORY3. The War on Terror4. The 1982 ConferencePART III. REDEFINING INTERNATIONAL NORMS IN THE 1980S: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE HOLOCAUST5. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum6. The 1987 Armenian Genocide BillConclusion: A Decade Overlooked – Israeli–Turkish Relations in the 1980sA Note on SourcesBibliographyIndex

Eldad Ben Aharon is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt and was previously an Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in International Security at Dublin City University. His work explores the nexus of security, identity, and memory, drawing on insights from securitisation theory, foreign policy analysis, and oral history. Ben Aharon has published widely on Israeli foreign policy and its intersections with broader regional conflict dynamics, with his research appearing in leading academic journals, including the European Journal of International Security, Intelligence and National Security, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Oral History Review, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Journal of Genocide Research and Cold War History.

Eldad Ben Aharon's book provides original and important insights into the first "global war on terror" under the Reagan administration in the 1980s. Drawing upon extensive archival research and interviews, this book examines how Cold War-era ontological fears of international terrorism shaped liaison efforts amongst the U.S., Israel and Turkey. This notably led to delays in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 for several decades. This compelling work highlights the deep interconnections between security policy and historical memory.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroduction: Israel’s Stance Regarding the Armenian GenocidePART I. ISRAELI–TURKISH RELATIONS AT THE END OF THE COLD WAR1. The Stakes of Losing Turkey2. Steps towards NormalisationPART II. RADICALISATION, SECURITY AND MEMORY3. The War on Terror4. The 1982 ConferencePART III. REDEFINING INTERNATIONAL NORMS IN THE 1980S: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND THE HOLOCAUST5. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum6. The 1987 Armenian Genocide BillConclusion: A Decade Overlooked – Israeli–Turkish Relations in the 1980sA Note on SourcesBibliographyIndex