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January 17, 2025

Foreign Policy
The Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire and its Implications

After the Israel-Hamas cease-fire announcement, Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, and I discuss its significance and implications.

Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, hold lit up torches during a protest ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2025. Shir Torem/Reuters
Article by Michael Froman

November 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Middle Eastern countries are reacting to former President…

Podcast A congratulatory billboard for U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump is displayed in Jerusalem on November 7, 2024. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

September 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the potential for a wider war in the Middle East as Iran vows to…

Podcast Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over northern Israel on August 23, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

October 8, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)

Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, and Amy Hawthorne, independent consultant on the Middle East, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the …

Podcast Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Khiam, Lebanon, on October 4, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Steven A. Cook, and Amy Hawthorne The President’s Inbox

June 4, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the United States’ past, present, and future policy in the Mi…

Podcast Members of the U.S. military retire its ceremonial flags signifying the end of their presence in Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on December 15, 2011.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

January 16, 2025

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Virtual Media Briefing: The Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal

LABOTT: Thanks, Meaghan. And thanks to everyone for joining. We have a lot of our press colleagues here today, as well as some of our members. So thanks very much for joining us. For our members of t…

Play Protest to demand a deal for the return of hostages, in Tel Aviv
Virtual Event by Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, and Elise Labott Media Briefings

April 2, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The War in Gaza, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the state of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the prospects fo…

Podcast Palestinians inspect damage at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on April 1, 2024, after Israeli troops withdrew.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

July 10, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Steven Levitsky as a Senior Fellow for Democracy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Steven Levitsky as a senior fellow for democracy. At CFR, Levitsky will write for the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Demo…

News Releases

April 16, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Attack on Israel, With Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, and Ray Takeyh, the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at CFR, sit down with James M. L…

Podcast An Israeli missile defense system in Ashkelon, Israel, fires at incoming Iranian missiles and drones on April 14, 2024.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Steven A. Cook, and Ray Takeyh The President’s Inbox

June 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook

In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…

Play Steven Cook speaks on CFR stage.
Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and James M. Lindsay John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture