Bar-Ilan University (BA) Tel Aviv University (MA) Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Scientific career
Thesis
The Cultural Dimension of Multinational Military Cooperation(2003)
Doctoral advisor
Eliot A. Cohen
Gal Luft (born May 26, 1966) is an Israeli American think-tank director, author and alleged foreign agent. Luft was a lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, and is the executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security and cofounder of the Set America Free Coalition.[1][2]
Gal was arrested in Cyprus on February 17, 2023, on a warrant issued by Interpol on U.S. charges of weapons trafficking. After being released on bail, he went missing on March 28; he subsequently fled and went into hiding.[3][4][5][6] On July 10, 2023, the US Justice Department unsealed the indictment for this arrest, dated November 2022, accusing Luft of eight charges including acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Chinese entities under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act and violating trade sanctions against Iran.[7][8] Among the indictment's allegations is that Luft, at the behest of Chinese entities, recruited and paid an unnamed adviser to then-president-elect Donald Trump to adopt pro-Chinese positions.[9][10][11]
In July 2023, Luft claimed he had made allegations of corruption by US president Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden to the FBI and US Justice Department. These allegations were made in March 2019 involving improper financial arrangements with the Chinese energy company CEFC. He further claimed the criminal charges against him were politically motivated reprisals for his allegations.[12][13]
^Heffernan, Tim (19 Nov 2007). "Four Ways to Solve the Energy Crisis". Esquire. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^"Colloquium Speaker: Gal Luft". Johns Hopkins University. 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2023. He holds degrees in international relations, international economics, Middle East studies and strategic studies and a doctorate in strategic studies from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
^"Israeli professor arrested on suspicion of arms trafficking to China, Libya". The Jerusalem Post. February 19, 2023. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
^Meyer, Josh (10 July 2023). "US says missing GOP whistleblower is arms trafficker, Chinese agent". USA Today. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^"Israeli professor wanted in the US for weapons trafficking goes missing in Cyprus". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^Marathovouniotis, Stelios (19 April 2023). "Internationally-wanted Israeli professor flees Cyprus while on pretrial release". Cyprus Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^Kane, Paul (July 11, 2023). "Republicans say they would like to call witness despite criminal indictment". The Washington Post.
^"U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Co-Director Of Think Tank For Acting As An Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking In Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, And Making False Statements To Federal Agents". U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Attorney's Office: Southern District of New York. 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^Aaron, Blake (July 15, 2023). "Indictment paints tale of Chinese interests and 2016 Trump campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^Farivar, Masood (July 10, 2023). "US Charges Think Tank Leader With Working on Behalf of China". Voice of America. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
^Matza, Max (10 July 2023). "US think tank founder charged with acting as Chinese agent". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^Lee, Ella (10 July 2023). "Think tank leader who claims to have given FBI info on Hunter Biden charged by Justice Department". The Hill. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
^Cohen, Luc (11 July 2023). "Head of US think tank charged with acting as Chinese agent". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
GalLuft (born May 26, 1966) is an Israeli American think-tank director, author and alleged foreign agent. Luft was a lieutenant colonel in the Israel...
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Retrieved 25 January 2014. Israel's Security Zone in Lebanon – A Tragedy? by GalLuft, Middle East Quarterly September 2000, pp. 13–20 IDF to recognize 18-year...
the surname after drama critic Robert Garland. Garland's daughter Lorna Luft stated that her mother selected the name when Jessel announced that the trio...
longer enter the Persian Gulf. In a July 2012 Foreign Policy article, GalLuft compared Iran and the Strait of Hormuz to the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles...
was GalLuft, who claimed to inform FBI and Justice Department agents in March 2019 of alleged Biden corruption. A dual US-Israeli citizen, Luft was arrested...
is adviser to the United States Energy Security Council. In July 2023, GalLuft, with whom Korin co-authored Turning Oil into Salt, and Energy Security...
indictment of GalLuft, a dual Israeli and American citizen who ran a Maryland think tank. The indictment describes what it casts as an effort by Luft and a Chinese...
commit additional attacks—all without any countermeasures by the PA." GalLuft of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security has argued that because...
Donald Trump. In 2023, the United States Department of Justice indicted GalLuft for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of the...
2007. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-04-27. GalLuft (2003). "How Much Oil Does Iraq Have?". The Brookings Institution. Archived...
Kong. In 2023, Ho was identified in a US federal criminal indictment of GalLuft in a Chinese government attempt to influence the 2016 United States elections...
there was evidence some killings amounted to war crimes. According to GalLuft, Palestinian militants utilize a tactic of blending among civilian populations...
Hofmeister and Co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security GalLuft. The CEO is Joseph A. Cannon. The foundation believes that high oil prices...
200 US gal; 3,500 imp gal) in 8 tanks in hull and wings + optional 8,600 L (2,300 US gal; 1,900 imp gal) Oil capacity: 3,600 L (950 US gal; 790 imp gal) in...
awaiting economic recovery". The Washington Post. Ahmadinejad’s Gas Revolution: A Plan to Defeat Economic Sanctions by Anne Korin and GalLuft, December 2006...
years." According to the Washington Post: But retired Israeli army Col. GalLuft, a former commander in the town of Ramallah, said, "Israel is attempting...
aircraft with two crew and eight passengers for German airline Deutsche Luft Hansa (DLH). Development was initiated in 1938. The contractor was, as usual...
along with her husband Sid Luft, producer of A Star is Born - would be at that time. While accompanying Garland and Sid Luft as they played their way around...
ethanol and sugar import tariffs in the United States for it to succeed. GalLuft, writing for the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, called...
carry ten passengers. Two were delivered to Swissair and five to Deutsche Luft Hansa. In addition a single civilian Ju 86Z was delivered to Sweden's AB...
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