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Jonathan Schanzer
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american author & scholar in middle eastern studies”. Today it says “american author and executive director at the foundation for defense of democracies”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Jonathan Schanzer is an American author and senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). He oversees the work of the organization's experts and scholars. Foundation for Defense of Democracies .
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Then
american author & scholar in middle eastern studies
Now
american author and executive director at the foundation for defense of democracies
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