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The Wilson Center hosted a discussion on the prospects of peace talks to stop the civil war in Yemen, which is supported by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iran, and has caused wide-spread famine …

Aaron David Miller talked about the special relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and what’s next since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. This progr…

A panel of academic scholars discussed the role of Russia, Iran, Turkey and Israel in the Syrian conflict at an event hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Following their remarks, …

Alaska U.S. Senate candidates, incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), Ray Metcalfe (D), Joe Miller (L) and Margaret Stock (I), took part in a debate. Topics included abortion, Supreme Court n…

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon spoke about a variety of topics, including U.S.-Israel relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, concerns about the Iran nuclear deal, the rise of I…

Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT) spoke about his vision for U.S. global leadership. He highlighted eight points for a U.S. foreign policy overhaul, and included global climate change as an …

Aaron David Miller talked about his book, The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President, in which he argues that America’s preoccupation with presid…

Aaron David Miller talked about his book, The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President, in which he argues that a preoccupation with greatness caus…

Former Israeli intelligence officer Yossi Alpher talked about Israel’s national security and the threat from *ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq. He focused on what his country and the U.S. ca…

Panelists talked about the implications of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza, including the changing roles of Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar. They spoke about the motivating factors that le…

Academics and former government officials talked about the role of Palestinian politics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the tensions after the discovery in the West Bank of th…

Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford spoke with Woodrow Wilson scholar Aaron David Miller about the future of Syria. Ambassador Ford said Bashar al Assad is still in power in part bec…

The Wilson Center held a briefing and discussion with Palestinian Authority Lead Negotiator Saeb Erekat talked about the state of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the two-state solu…

Former Ambassador to Israel Samuel Lewis, former State Department negotiator Aaron David Miller, and others talked about the relationship between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister N…

Foreign policy specialists talked about the civil war in Syria and the role the U.S. should play. This event is being hosted by the McCain Institute, which is named after Senator McCain (R-A…

Panelists talked about the challenges in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in President Obama’s second term. Topics included the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tensions over Iran’s nucl…

Former Mossad Director Efraim Halevy gave his perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran’s nuclear program, and Syria and Egypt. In his remarks he criticized Israeli policies and …