The Middle East Policy Council is hosting its 88th Capitol Hill Conference on Wednesday, April 26 from 1:00 p.m to 3:30 p.m. Our panelists will discuss whether there are new opportunities to work with regional powers to realize a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017
1:00p.m. – 3:30p.m.
Russell Senate Office Building
2 Constitution Ave. NE – Room 485
Washington, D.C. 20002

Panelists:

Chas W. Freeman, Jr., Chairman, Projects International Inc. Former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense. Former President, Middle East Policy Council

Hady Amr, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institute. Former Deputy Special Envoy, Israeli-Palestinian Relations, U.S. Department of State. Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, Middle East, USAID

Ian Lustick, Professor, Bess W. Heyman chair, University of Pennsylvania. Former President, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association. Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Riad Khawaji, Founder and CEO, INEGMA. Middle East Bureau Chief, Defense News. Middle East Correspondent, Jane’s Defense Weekly

Moderator:

Richard J. Schmierer, Chairman, Board of Directors, Middle East Policy Council. Former Ambassador, Sultanate of Oman.

Discussant:

Thomas R. Mattair, Executive Director, Middle East Policy Council