Ben Decker, originally from New York, is a senior intelligence analyst at the Levantine Group, a Middle-East based geopolitical risk and research consultancy firm. Prior to completing his master's degree in Middle Eastern studies at Tel Aviv University, Ben developed leadership and cybersecurity e-learning training programs for Iranian civil society leaders while working at Tavaana, a US State Department-funded NGO in Washington. Ben graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Middle Eastern and North African studies from Emory University, where he also double minored in Arabic and Hebrew.