Eran Lahav is a leading Middle East analyst, OSINT researcher, and expert on global jihad, Iranian proxy networks, and disinformation. He serves as Head of the Middle East Desk at the David Institute for Policy & Research of IDSF, where he leads high-impact research, strategic analysis, and policy recommendations on national security, radical Islamist movements, regional power dynamics, and emerging threats across the Middle East.
Eran is the founder of “Mabaterror”, a terror-analysis initiative, and host of the acclaimed podcast “On Target”, focusing on terrorism, Arab affairs, security, and the Middle East.
He is the author of 'The Exporter', the first Hebrew biography of Qassem Soleimani, and 'The Code of Jihad' , a unique guide to the roots of global jihad and its threat to the West.
His background combines deep intelligence experience with international communication expertise: he served as an intelligence analyst in the IDF, worked in Israeli diplomatic missions abroad, and later specialized in SOCMINT, digital strategy, and content operations in Berlin.
Eran’s analyses have been published in leading media, including Newsweek, Bild, Epoch Times, Exxpress.at, Toyo Keizai, Israel Hayom, Ynet, Makor Rishon, the Jerusalem Post and many others.
He has appeared on international television networks across Europe, including Romania, Austria, and Sweden - providing expert commentary on terrorism, aritificial intelligence, disinformation, Iran, and regional security.
Beyond research, Eran is an OSINT and AI entrepreneur, a mentor in Berlin’s young-entrepreneur community, and a multilingual strategist speaking Hebrew, English, Arabic, and German.
Lecture Topics: Terrorism and Islamic extremism, Iran and proxy warfare, global jihad, disinformation & fake news, SOCMINT, digital marketing, social-media strategy, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
