Professor Gerald Steinberg is the founder and president of the Institute for NGO Research, also known as NGO Monitor, and professor emeritus at Bar Ilan University, where he founded the gradute program on Conflict Management and Negotiation. His research and expertise ranges from Middle East diplomacy and security, to the politics of human rights, human rights institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and Israeli politics & democracy. Among his work is his membership in the Israel Council of Foreign Affairs, his position as an academic participant in the Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Antisemitism, and publications in various outlets including the The Wall Street Journal and Jerusalem Post.