The US and the Middle East: What’s Next?
May 15, 2025
The Trump Administration faces critical decisions in the greater Middle East, choices that carry significant strategic implications for U.S. interests, regarding the role of the United States and the direction of U.S. policy in the region. This installment of the Baker Institute’s Director’s Lecture Series brings together three of the nation’s most seasoned experts in diplomacy and Middle East policy to examine what lies ahead.
Ambassador David Satterfield will moderate a timely discussion featuring Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller. The panel will explore the intersecting challenges of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the situation of a post-Assad regime in Syria, the ceasefire in Lebanon, opportunities and risks in engaging with Iran and its regional proxies, and the status of the "Saudi-U.S. deal." Drawing on decades of diplomatic service, policy analysis, and close engagement with presidents and regional leaders past and present in the region, the panel will offer a nuanced analysis of what’s next, and why, for the U.S. and the Middle East.
This event is free and open to the public.
Welcome Remarks
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey
Featured Speakers
Aaron David Miller, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of five books, including his most recent, “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President” (Palgrave, 2014) and “The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace” (Bantam, 2008). He also hosts Carnegie Connects, the organization’s flagship podcast. From 1978 to 2003, Miller served at the State Department as a historian, analyst, negotiator, and adviser to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state. He helped shape U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli peace process, most recently as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He also served as the deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He has received the department’s Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has served as a resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously led Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit organization focused on youth leadership and conflict resolution, and held senior roles at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from 2006 to 2019. Miller’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and Sirius XM radio. He holds a doctorate in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan.
Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer is a lecturer and the S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern policy studies at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. He served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001 and to Israel from 2001 to 2005, retiring after a 29-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Ambassador Kurtzer held several key diplomatic posts, including political officer in Cairo and Tel Aviv, deputy director of the Office of Egyptian Affairs, speechwriter on the policy planning staff, and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. He played a central role in shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East peace process, contributing to the 1988 Shultz peace initiative and the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, and later serving as coordinator of multilateral peace negotiations.
He is the recipient of the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Department of State Distinguished Service Award. Since leaving government, he has advised the Iraq Study Group, served on the board of the American University in Cairo, and contributed to the public discourse on Middle East policy through writing and commentary. Ambassador Kurtzer holds a doctorate from Columbia University and is co-author of “Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East” (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2008).
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Видео The US and the Middle East: What’s Next? канала BakerInstitute
The Trump Administration faces critical decisions in the greater Middle East, choices that carry significant strategic implications for U.S. interests, regarding the role of the United States and the direction of U.S. policy in the region. This installment of the Baker Institute’s Director’s Lecture Series brings together three of the nation’s most seasoned experts in diplomacy and Middle East policy to examine what lies ahead.
Ambassador David Satterfield will moderate a timely discussion featuring Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer and Aaron David Miller. The panel will explore the intersecting challenges of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the situation of a post-Assad regime in Syria, the ceasefire in Lebanon, opportunities and risks in engaging with Iran and its regional proxies, and the status of the "Saudi-U.S. deal." Drawing on decades of diplomatic service, policy analysis, and close engagement with presidents and regional leaders past and present in the region, the panel will offer a nuanced analysis of what’s next, and why, for the U.S. and the Middle East.
This event is free and open to the public.
Welcome Remarks
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey
Featured Speakers
Aaron David Miller, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of five books, including his most recent, “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President” (Palgrave, 2014) and “The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace” (Bantam, 2008). He also hosts Carnegie Connects, the organization’s flagship podcast. From 1978 to 2003, Miller served at the State Department as a historian, analyst, negotiator, and adviser to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state. He helped shape U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli peace process, most recently as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He also served as the deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He has received the department’s Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards.
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has served as a resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously led Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit organization focused on youth leadership and conflict resolution, and held senior roles at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from 2006 to 2019. Miller’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and Sirius XM radio. He holds a doctorate in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan.
Ambassador Daniel C. Kurtzer is a lecturer and the S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern policy studies at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. He served as U.S. ambassador to Egypt from 1997 to 2001 and to Israel from 2001 to 2005, retiring after a 29-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Ambassador Kurtzer held several key diplomatic posts, including political officer in Cairo and Tel Aviv, deputy director of the Office of Egyptian Affairs, speechwriter on the policy planning staff, and principal deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. He played a central role in shaping U.S. policy in the Middle East peace process, contributing to the 1988 Shultz peace initiative and the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference, and later serving as coordinator of multilateral peace negotiations.
He is the recipient of the President’s Distinguished Service Award and the Department of State Distinguished Service Award. Since leaving government, he has advised the Iraq Study Group, served on the board of the American University in Cairo, and contributed to the public discourse on Middle East policy through writing and commentary. Ambassador Kurtzer holds a doctorate from Columbia University and is co-author of “Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East” (United States Institute of Peace Press, 2008).
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The Baker Institute is a nonpartisan public policy institute at Rice University. Ranked the No. 1 university-based think tank in the world, its mission is to bridge the world of ideas and the world of action. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/.
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