Joshua Krasna, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Program on the Middle East, is an analyst specializing in Middle East political and regional developments and forecasting, and international strategic issues. He recently retired after 30 years of service in Israel that included postings as an Israeli diplomat in Jordan and Canada. His last assignment before retirement was as an Instructor at the Israel National Defense College. He has published numerous articles and is proficient in Hebrew and Arabic. Krasna holds a PhD from Bar Ilan University and is a graduate of Columbia University and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He teaches at NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and Tel Aviv University, and is a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies.