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War, Peace, and the Future of the U.S.-Israeli Relationship
Wed, March 18th, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (EDT)
Live Online
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The Trump Administration’s war against Iran has highlighted one of the stranger paradoxes of America’s longstanding relationship with Israel—at a time when Israel’s image in the United States is at low point, cooperation and coordination with Washington has reached an all-time high. One would be hard pressed to identify any large-scale U.S. military campaign in decades in which there has been greater partnership between allies.
Is the foundation of this alliance—common and shared values; a high coincidence of interests; and strong base of domestic support—under stress? What of the relationship between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump? And what does the future of the relationship hold for U.S. and Israeli interests in a complex and volatile region?
Join Aaron David Miller as he engages the Middle East Institute’s Yael Lempert, Princeton’s Daniel Kurtzer, and the Atlantic Council’s Daniel Shapiro, three former U.S. ambassadors to the region with deep experience on the U.S.-Israeli relationship, on the next Carnegie Connects.
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Event Speakers
Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program
Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.
Yael Lempert
Vice President for Outreach, Middle East Institute
Ambassador (ret.) Yael Lempert joined Middle East Institute as the vice president for Outreach in September 2025. Previously, Ambassador Lempert served for over 27 years as an American diplomat, including as the U.S. ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan from 2023 to 2025. Her other previous positions include acting assistant secretary of state and principal deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs from 2021 through 2023. She served in 2021 as the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. Embassy in London, and as the deputy chief of mission for the two years prior. She was acting deputy assistant secretary of state for Egypt and North Africa from 2017 to 2018.
Daniel C. Kurtzer
Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton University
Daniel C. Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. During a twenty-nine-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador Kurtzer served as the U.S. ambassador to Israel and as the U.S. ambassador to Egypt. He was also a speechwriter and member of secretary of state George P. Shultz’s Policy Planning Staff and served as deputy assistant secretary for Near Eastern Affairs and principal deputy assistant secretary for Intelligence and Research.
Daniel B. Shapiro
Distinguished Fellow, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, Atlantic Council
Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. From 2022 to 2023, he was the Director of the N7 Initiative. In his most recent government service, Shapiro was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from 2024 to 2025, and prior to that was Senior Adviser on Regional Integration in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. He is a former US ambassador to Israel, having served in that role from 2011 to 2017.