Tommy Steiner is the Policy Director of SIGNAL Group, a think tank that empowers Israel to address China's rise on the world stage (www.sino-israel.org). Based in Israel, Tommy is an Honorary Fellow of the Middle East Institute (MEI) at the National University of Singapore and an Adjunct Lecturer teaching International Relations and Strategic Studies at the Lauder School of Government at Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Israel.Before joining SIGNAL Group, Tommy was a senior research fellow at Reichman Univcersity's Institute for Policy and Strategy. At the Institute, Tommy authored and edited risk assessments and strategic reports on Israel, the Middle East and global affairs. A member of the founding team of the Annual Herzliya Conference Series (www.herzliyaconference.org), Tommy managed the Conference series from 2007 through 2013 – a period during which the Conference became considered one of the top international policy conferences.Tommy served as the executive director of the Atlantic Forum of Israel, a network-based policy organization that promoted and advanced Israel's relations with the Transatlantic Community and Europe, and which was especially instrumental in enhancing NATO-Israel relations.Tommy's fields of expertise include, global politics and international security, transatlantic relations, international relations of the Middle East, and Israel’s foreign relations. 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 from the Hebrew University's Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations.Tommy resides in Herzliya, Israel, with his children Jonathan, Ariel, and Talya.