Seth J. Frantzman was born in Maine. He holds a BA from the University of Arizona and a PhD from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of 'After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East (Gefen Publishing)' He is a writer for Defense News, the Oped Editor and Middle East affairs analyst at The Jerusalem Post and a contributor to The National Interest. He has covered the war against Islamic State, three Gaza wars, the conflict in Ukraine, the refugee crises in Eastern Europe and also reported from Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Senegal, the UAE, Ukraine and Russia. He received his Ph.D from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2010 and lectured in American Studies at Al-Quds University from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as a research associate at the Rubin Center for Research in International Affairs at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. Currently he is the Executive Director of The Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis and a Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum. Frantzman has conducted research and worked for the JDC, The Shalem Center, the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies and as a Post-Doctoral at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a Congressional intern for Congressman Jim Kolbe while studying at The University of Arizona. He was a contributor to the Digest of Middle East Studies. His current interests include regional security, Israel-Palestinian and Kurdish issues, refugees, the history of the Holy Land, the Beduin and land laws. As a features writer and commentator on current affairs and politics he attempts to provide new views on old canards, reflected in his column's name, Terra Incognita. He recently completed a book on the war against ISIS. He is an avid photographer and learning video editing.
