Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is the Senior Vice President for Research the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, overseeing the research done by scholars at FDD. But Schanzer himself is a renowned expert, as a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Treasury, he has authored several books on terrorism and the Arab-Israeli conflict and frequently testifies before U.S. Congress on related issues. He has traveled extensively across the Middle East, offering expertise on regional politics, terrorism, and U.S. national security.