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The longest and bloodiest Arab-Israeli conflict has left more than 30,000 dead, isolated Israel diplomatically, and brought new tensions between the U.S. and Israel and the U.S. and Iran. What is the likely trajectory over the next few months toward a durable cease-fire or more bloodshed? And is a viable diplomatic process toward a two-state solution possible?
Join experts as they analyze the ongoing conflict and its far-reaching geopolitical implications in a conversation moderated by Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin.
Some light refreshments will be provided.
Featured Speakers
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland
Shibley Telhami is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland, College Park, Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He previously taught at several universities, including Cornell, Princeton, Columbia, and the University of California at Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in political science.
Mairav Zonszein, Israel-American journalist and senior Israel analyst with the International Crisis Group
Mairav is an Israeli-American journalist and commentator who has covered Israeli politics and U.S. foreign policy for over a decade. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Columbia Journalism Review, and more. She is a founding editor of +972 Magazine and currently serves as senior Israel analyst with the International Crisis Group.
Lara Friedman, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace
Lara Friedman is the President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). She is a leading authority on the Middle East, with particular expertise on U.S. foreign policy, Israel/Palestine, and on the way Middle East and Israel/Palestine-related issues play out in Congress and in U.S. domestic politics, policies, and legislation. Lara is a former officer in the U.S. Foreign Service and also served previously as Director of Policy and Government Relations at Americans for Peace Now.
Ali Vaez, Senior Adviser to the President & Project Director, Iran, International Crisis Group
Ali Vaez is Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director and Senior Adviser to the President. He led Crisis Group’s efforts in helping to bridge the gaps between Iran and the P5+1 that led to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. Previously, he served as a Senior Political Affairs Officer at the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and was the Iran Project Director at the Federation of American Scientists.
Moderator
Barbara Slavin, Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center
Barbara Slavin is a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington and a lecturer in international affairs at George Washington University. Prior to joining Stimson, she founded and directed the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council and led a bi-partisan task force on Iran. The author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the US and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007), she is a regular commentator on US foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS and C-Span.