David Motzafi-Haller is a postdoctoral fellow at Université de Neuchâtel. He is the author of “Imperial Connectors and Local Mediators: Maritime and Airspace Infrastructures in the Making of British Mandatory Palestine,” (with Jordi Tejel, accepted for publication at the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History) and of “Familiar Experts: The Rise of an Israeli Expert Class in Africa,” Humanity 15(3) (2025). He is also the host and producer of the Transimperial History Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.