Tommy Steiner is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya. At the Institute, Tommy manages the Annual Herzliya Conference Series, directs the Institute`s international relations, and leads policy research projects on EU and NATO relations with Israel, the Mediterranean and the Broader Middle East. Concurrently, Tommy teaches International Relations and Security Studies at IDC`s Lauder School of Government.

Tommy also serves as the director of the Atlantic Forum of Israel, a network-based policy organization that promotes and advances Israel`s relations with the Euro-Atlantic Community. Focusing on NATO-Israel relations, the Atlantic Forum was instrumental in enhancing this relationship. Extending beyond EU/NATO relations with Israel and the Middle East/Mediterranean, Tommy`s fields of expertise also include international security, transatlantic relations, international relations theory, comparative regionalism and regional cooperation in the Mediterranean and Asia-Pacific. In his areas of expertise, Tommy regularly advises Israeli authorities, international organizations, business, media and think-tanks.

Tommy earned his MA (cum laude) in International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is the Recipient of the Yehoshafat Harkaby Award conferred by the Hebrew University`s Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations.

Tommy is married to Elit and they reside in Herzliya with their sons, Jonathan and Ariel.