Nadav studied Arabic at the Givat Haviva Peace Academy; and later obtained a first degree in Modern History of the Middle East and Political Science from Tel Aviv University. Nadav worked as a civil servant before obtaining his MA degree in Security Studies from his alma mater. It was at the Security Studies programme that Nadav became deeply interested in the dynamics between democratic values and counterterrorism, and he decided to pursue a doctorate degree in Political Science at Otto Suhr Institute (part of the Free University of Berlin, FU-Berlin). Nadav has published several articles on the issue of terrorism and counterterrorism, including:
* “Muammar Qadhdhafi: Has Muammar Qadhdhafi served as a beneficent leader of Libya?”, In: History in Dispute : The Middle East Since 1945, David Lesch(ed.), Columbia, SC: Manly, Farmington Hills, MI St James Press, 2003.
* “Terrorism”, “Warfare”, “Arabs”, “Containment” and “Egypt” In: Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present, Cynthia Clark Northrup (ed.), M.E. Sharpe New York, 2005.
* “Action Directe”, In: NATO: An Encyclopedia of International Security, ABC-Clio (forthcoming 2007).
Nadav has worked as a tour guide in Berlin since 2002, among others for Insider Tour and for AGE-International. He also performed private tours to FITs and for the Jewish Community, the ZWSt, Civitas, several college classes, the Berlin-Mitte municipality and more. Nadav has also published about Berlin (in Hebrew), in LaMetayel.
Since 2004, Nadav is involved in projects to increase tolerance in German schools, lecturing about the Mid-East Conflict and in Anti-Bias Trainings in these schools.