Meeting

January/February 2023 Foreign Affairs Issue Launch: How the Israel-Hamas War Is Reshaping the Middle East

Thursday, December 14, 2023
Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Speakers
Lisa Anderson

James T. Shotwell Professor of International Relations Emerita, Columbia University; Former President, American University in Cairo (2011–15); CFR Member

Salam Fayyad

Visiting Senior Scholar and Daniella Lipper Coules ’95 Distinguished Visitor in Foreign Affairs, Princeton University; Former Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority (2007–13)

Amos Yadlin

Former Major General, Israeli Air Force; Former Head, Israel Military Intelligence Directorate (2006–10); Founder and President, MIND Israel

Presider
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

Peter G. Peterson Chair and Editor, Foreign Affairs; @dankurtzphelan

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Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan and authors Lisa Anderson, Salam Fayyad, and Amos Yadlin launch the January/February 2024 issue of Foreign Affairs and discuss how Hamas’ attack and Israel’s response has reshaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the risk of escalation, and what the conflict will mean for the region.

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