Eugene Kontorovich specializes in international law, sovereignty and international institutions, and Israel issues as a Senior Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. He has testified on numerous occasions before Congress, and is regularly consulted by leading policymakers in the nation’s capital and Jerusalem.

He joined Heritage in 2025 and remains a professor at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School; prior to that, he was on the faculty of Northwestern University Law School for a decade.

Kontorovich received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Chicago. Throughout his distinguished career, he has published over thirty major scholarly articles and book chapters in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals in the United States and Europe, including The American Journal of International Law, International Review of Law & Economics, Stanford Law Review, California Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and Virginia Law Review. 

Kontorovich’s commentary and analysis have appeared in prominent outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Tablet, and more. He is also a frequent TV contributor, with appearances on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and more.