Daphné Richemond-Barak is Assistant Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, and Senior Researcher and Head of the International Law Desk at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. She is a renowned and prolific expert on public international law and international humanitarian law specializing in the law of armed conflict. She has written extensively on contemporary issues such as counterinsurgency law, human rights/humanitarian law convergence, non-state actors in armed conflict, private security military contractors, transnational terrorist groups, and intelligent defense systems.