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Jonathan Schanzer

Jonathan Schanzer

Keynote Speaker: Senior Vice President for Research at Foundation of Defense for Democracies

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Jonathan Schanzer Biography

Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at FDD, where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power, a project on the use of financial and economic power as a tool of statecraft.

Schanzer previously worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he played an integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. He has held previous think tank research positions at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Middle East Forum.

Schanzer has written hundreds of articles on the Middle East, along with more than a dozen monographs and chapters for edited volumes. His new book, Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War (FDD Press 2021), challenges and corrects some of the wildly inaccurate news reported during the conflict. It is the first book published on the war. His three other books have made unique contributions to the field. State of Failure: Yasser Arafat, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Unmaking of the Palestinian State (Palgrave Macmillan 2013) argues the main roadblock to Palestinian statehood is the Palestinian Authority’s political dysfunction and mismanagement. Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine (Palgrave Macmillan 2008) is still the only book on the market that analyzes the ongoing Palestinian civil war. Al-Qaeda’s Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror (Washington Institute for Near East Policy 2004) was the first to explore the al-Qaeda franchises of the Middle East.

Schanzer testifies often before Congress and publishes widely in the American and international media. He has appeared on American television channels such as Fox News and CNN, and Arabic language television channels such as Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera.

A sought-after public speaker, Schanzer has traveled widely throughout the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.

Schanzer has studied Middle East history in four countries. He earned his PhD from King’s College London, where he wrote his dissertation on the U.S. Congress and its efforts to combat terrorism in the 20th century. He speaks Arabic and Hebrew.

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Jonathan Schanzer Speaking Topics

Middle Eastern and Foreign Affairs

Anti-Terrorism and Security

Jonathan Schanzer Videos

Jonathan Schanzer on the Trump-Kim Summit with Fox News
Jonathan Schanzer on Israeli embassy move with Fox News
Jonathan Schanzer discusses State of Failure with John Batchelor

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Jonathan Schanzer Speaking Topics

  • Middle Eastern and Foreign Affairs

  • Anti-Terrorism and Security

Jonathan Schanzer Videos

Jonathan Schanzer on the Trump-Kim Summit with Fox News
Jonathan Schanzer on Israeli embassy move with Fox News
Jonathan Schanzer discusses State of Failure with John Batchelor
Jonathan Schanzer on political unrest in Egypt (Press Conference USA/VOA)
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