Seth J. Frantzman (PhD) is the executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis and the Middle East affairs correspondent at The Jerusalem Post. He is the author of 'Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the Future (Bombardier, 2021)' and 'After ISIS: America, Israel and the Struggle for the Middle East (Gefen, 2019).'

 

He received his PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has lived in Israel since 2004 where he has covered the Disengagement from Gaza, conflict in Gaza, the war against ISIS, Iran tensions, and current regional threats and developments. His work has also appeared in Foreign Policy, Bloomberg, The Hill, Defense News, The Spectator, The National Interest, as well as on CNN, BBC and other media. He is the founder of the Israel Gulf Report which focuses on developments in the wake of the Abraham Accords and peace between Israel and the Gulf states. A former lecturer at Palestinian Al-Quds University, where he focused on US foreign policy, Frantzman has reported from and conducted research in Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the UAE.

 

Frantzman was born in Maine and received his B.A from the University of Arizona and PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.