ntentsForeword - The Honorable Richard SolomonAcknowledgementsTable of ContentsThe Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking: Organization and MembersList of Interviews and ConsultationsIntroduction: "Lessons Ignored, Opportunities Lost"The United States and Arab-Israeli Peacemaking: A Report CardMaking Peace Among Arabs and Israelis: Lessons Learned and RelearnedConclusion: Recommendations for Future AdministrationsAppendix 1: Maps (Israel/Neighbors; Jerusalem; Golan Heights; Gaza Strip; West Bank)Appendix 2: TimelineAppendix 3: Recommended Readings
Ambassador Kurtzer is currently a Lecturer in Public and
International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, S. Daniel
Abraham Visiting Professor in Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton
University.
Daniel C. Kurtzer, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service,
served as the U.S. Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2005.
Immediately prior to that, he served as U.S. Ambassador to
Egypt.
Ambassador Kurtzer previously served as political officer at the
American Embassy in Cairo; as political officer at the American
Embassy in Tel Aviv; as Deputy Director of the Office of Egyptian
Affairs; as a speechwriter on the Policy Planning Staff; as Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; and as Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and
Research.
Ambassador Kurtzer received a B.A. from Yeshiva University in New
York and his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Scott B. Lasensky served as the Senior Advisor to the United States
Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro (2014-2017). While serving in
Israel in this White House appointed position, he was deeply
involved in every aspect of the bilateral relationship, with an
emphasis on policy advising and public engagement. Dr. Lasensky
also played a leadership role in deepening and expanding ties with
American Jewry. From 2011-2014, he was a Senior Policy Advisor to
U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations Susan E. Rice and Samantha
J. Power, focusing on Israel, the Palestinians, Syria, and Jewish
affairs. In that position, he was deeply involved in the
inter-agency policy process, including regular participation in
Deputies Committee meetings. For both Rice and Power, he was the
principal liaison to the Jewish community. As part of USUN's
Washington-based Cabinet office, he also advised on a wide range of
issues related to the principal bodies of the United Nations
system, including the Office of the Secretary General, the Security
Council and the General Assembly. Dr. Lasensky's most recent book
is The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab Israeli Peace
(Cornell University Press, 2013). His 2008 book, Negotiating
Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East
(co-authored with Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer), was widely reviewed
and cited, and was also a USIP Press bestseller. Dr. Lasensky has
lectured and written extensively on Israel, the Arab-Israeli
conflict and America's role in the Middle East, and has held a
variety of positions at leading American think tanks, including the
U.S. Institute of Peace (2004-2011), the Council on Foreign
Relations (2000-2003), and the Brookings Institution (1999-2000).
At USIP, he co-directed the Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking
with Ambassador Kurtzer; initiated and directed "Madrid 20," a
major 2011 conference marking 20 years of US-led peacemaking
efforts; designed and led a number of Track II dialogue programs
involving Iraqis, Syrians, Turks and Israelis; and served as Senior
Advisor to a blue-ribbon panel on Arab-Israeli peacemaking
co-chaired by former National Security Advisors Sandy Berger and
Stephen Hadley (2009-2011). Lasensky was part of the U.S.
delegation to the UN-sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva in 2014.
He served as an International Election Monitor with the National
Democratic Institute and the Carter Center for Palestinian
elections in 2005 and 2006. At the CFR, Lasensky served as
assistant director of the U.S./Middle East Project and its
Independent Task Force on Strengthening Palestinian Public
Institutions. Lasensky has been a visiting and adjunct professor at
Georgetown University, the University of Maryland, and Mount
Holyoke College. He has been a frequent commentator on NPR, CNN,
Fox News, and other major media outlets. He received a special
mention in Foreign Policy magazine's list of top American think
tanks. From 1997-2004, he worked part-time as a writer for the
World Economic Forum. A recipient of the Yitzhak Rabin-Shimon Peres
Peace Award from Tel Aviv University (1999, Ph.D. category),
Lasensky is a graduate of UCLA and earned his Ph.D. in
international relations from Brandeis University. He speaks Hebrew.
"A well-reasoned, realistic study setting out what works and what does not in this dinstictive diplomatic arena. Today's leadership (and tomorrow's) cound usefully build on the lessons presented here." --Foreign Affairs
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