PROFESSOR GERALD STEINBERG is president of NGO Monitor and professor of Political Studies at Bar Ilan University, where he founded the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation. His research interests include international relations, Middle East diplomacy and security, the politics of human rights and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Israeli politics and arms control.

Prof. Steinberg founded NGO Monitor following the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa, where powerful NGOs, claiming to promote human rights, hijacked the principles of morality and international law.  NGO Monitor provides information and analysis, promotes accountability, and supports discussion on the reports and activities of NGOs claiming to advance human rights and humanitarian agendas. In 2013, NGO Monitor was awarded the Menachem Begin Prize.

He has published numerous academic articles, as well as books and review essays, and received a prestigious Israel Science Foundation research grant. In addition, his op-ed columns have been published in Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Jerusalem Post, and elsewhere.