The featured speakers for this program, Dana Stroul and Michael Singh,
both previously advised American presidents and secretaries of state on
the Middle East. They are now on the faculty of The Washington Institute
(TWI), for Near East Policy, a pro-Israel American think tank based in
Washington, D.C., focused on the foreign policy of the United States in the
Near East.
Dana Stroul served under President Biden as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of Defense for the Middle East, the pentagon’s top civilian official with
responsibility for the region. Currently, Stroul is Director of Research and
Senior Fellow of TWI.
Michael Singh was Senior Director for Middle East Affairs in the President
George W. Bush White House; prior to that position Singh was a director on
the National security Council staff and served as special assistant to
Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice. Currently, sing is
a Managing Director and Senior Fellow at TWI.
Stroul and Singh will discuss the current war in Gaza and the broader
question of Israel-Palestinian relations and prospects for peace. They will
be in conversation with award winning broadcast journalist Warren Olney.