Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

[1] He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars.

Schanzer graduated from Emory University with a bachelor's degree and from Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a master's in Middle Eastern history.

[3][4] In 2007, Schanzer was appointed Director of Policy of the Jewish Policy Center, a think tank tied to the Republican Jewish Coalition.

[2] Schanzer is senior vice president at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.