Ambassador Dennis Ross: The ‘New’
Lecture: Ambassador Dennis Ross: The ‘New’
Wednesday, March 1 | 6:00-7:00 PM
Washington Duke Inn
Duke University
The Rudnick lecture welcomes Ambassador Dennis Ross, Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. He was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement; he also successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and intensively worked to bring Israel and Syria together.
Sponsored by the Duke Center for Jewish Studies
