Alan Dowty

Alan Dowty (born January 15, 1940) is an American author, historian and professor of international relations and political science emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. He was formerly on the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1964–1975), Kahanoff Chair Professor of Israel Studies at the University of Calgary (2003–2006), and President of the Association for Israel Studies (2005–2007). In 2017 he was awarded a lifetime achievement award in Israel Studies by the Association for Israel Studies and the Israel Institute.

His recent work specialises in and focuses on Israeli–American relations, Israel and the history of Zionism, Israeli politics and the Arab–Israeli conflict.