Tommy Steiner is the Policy Director of SIGNAL Group. Since joining in 2020, Tommy has led policy research and convening regarding Israel’s strategic positioning vis-à-vis the Indo-Pacific, China, and great-power competition. He oversees flagship initiatives, high-level dialogues, and international conferences, shaping policy engagement with Israeli and global stakeholders and officials.

Based in Israel, Tommy is concurrently an Honorary Fellow of the Middle East Institute (MEI) at the National University of Singapore and an Adjunct Lecturer on International Relations and Strategic Studies at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Reichman University (IDC) in Herzliya.

Before joining SIGNAL Group, Tommy was a Senior Research Fellow at Reichman University’s Institute for Policy and Strategy. He was a member of the founding team of the Annual Herzliya Conference Series (www.herzliyaconference.org).

Tommy previously served as Executive Director of the Atlantic Forum of Israel, where he played a central role in advancing NATO-Israel ties. His areas of expertise include global politics and international security, transatlantic relations, Israel’s foreign policy, and regional dynamics in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East. In these fields, Tommy regularly advises Israeli authorities, international organizations, business leaders, 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 Hebrew University’s Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations.

Tommy resides in Herzliya, Israel, and is the proud father of three children.