Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

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At A Glance:

Jonathan Schachter is a senior fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East and specializes in international security, strategy and diplomacy.

Biography

Jonathan Schachter is a senior fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East and specializes in international security, strategy and diplomacy.

Mr. Schachter was an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His portfolio included US-Israel relations, the Iran nuclear deal, Israel Diaspora affairs and the unprecedented expansion of Israel's ties in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. He concluded his tenure by serving on the team tasked with exposing materials from Iran’s nuclear archive in 2018.

Previously, Mr. Schachter was a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv and a lecturer at Northwestern University, where he taught courses on national security, foreign policy, terrorism and public policy for over a decade.

As the managing deputy director for emergency management at the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Mr. Schachter led the division responsible for coordinating the city of Chicago’s efforts to contend with the entire spectrum of emergencies.

Mr. Schachter holds a doctorate in policy analysis from the RAND Graduate School and master's degrees in Near Eastern studies from the University of Michigan and Middle Eastern history from Tel Aviv University.

Events
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran

Join Hudson Senior Fellow Jonathan Schachter for a discussion with Israel-based journalist Yonah Jeremy Bob on his new book, coauthored with Ilan Evyatar, Target Tehran

Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities
Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
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18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities

Energy experts explore why the 1973 oil embargo mattered, why it continues to matter, and what lessons it offers policymakers today.

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Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Jonathan Schachter
A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran, Jonathan Schacter, and Can Kasapoğlu for an analysis of the Hamas raid on Israel.

A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can Kasapoğlu
Jonathan Schachter
10
May 2023
Past Event
Assessing the Rising Iranian Threat
Featured Speakers:
David Albright
Henrik F. Rasmussen
Jonathan Schachter
Michael Doran
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10
May 2023
Past Event
Assessing the Rising Iranian Threat

Join Hudson Senior Fellows Michael Doran and Jonathan Schachter as they discuss the rise of Iran’s power and its implications for the US, Europe, and Israel with David Albright and Henrik Rasmussen of ISIS. 

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Featured Speakers:
David Albright
Henrik F. Rasmussen
Jonathan Schachter
Michael Doran