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Aaron David Miller
Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

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Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written 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 received his PhD in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan in 1977.

Between 1978 and 2003, Miller served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel 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, senior member of the State Department’s policy planning staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in the office of the historian. He has received the department’s Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards.

Miller is a member of the  Council on Foreign Relations, and formerly served as resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has been a featured presenter at the World Economic Forum and leading U.S. universities. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as president of Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. From 2006 to 2019, Miller was a public policy scholar; vice president for new initiatives, and director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Miller’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and Sirius XM radio.


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PhD in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history, University of Michigan

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What Does the Fall of the Assad Regime Mean for Syria and the Middle East?
December 16, 2024
11:00 AM — 11:45 AM EST

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, and Charles Lister, senior fellow and the director of the Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs at the Middle East Institute, to explore the fall of the Assad regime and Syria's future.

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A Conversation with Efraim Halevy and Ami Ayalon
December 11, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Ami Ayalon, the former head of Shin Bet, and Efraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad, to discuss the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas War and rising tensions in the Middle East.

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Expert Says Toppled Dictatorships Have Never Led to Democracies in Middle East

A conversation about the fall of the Assad regime and what this could mean for the political future of Syria.

· December 9, 2024
CNN
In The Media
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Bloomberg Intelligence: Assad’s Fall, Mondelez Takeover

A conversation on recent developments in Syria and the fall of Assad.

· December 9, 2024
Bloomberg
In The Media
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‘Fundamental Mistake’ to Walk Away from Syria: Aaron David Miller on Why Trump Should Care

A conversation about the fall of the Assad Regime in Syria and why it’s important for President-elect Donald Trump to maintain U.S. involvement in the situation.

· December 9, 2024
MSNBC
In The Media
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Pause in Israel-Hezbollah War May Build Momentum Toward a Ceasefire in Gaza

A conversation about the prospects for replicating the Israel-Hezbollah truce with one in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.

· November 28, 2024
NPR’s Morning Edition
In The Media
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Can the Israeli-Hezbollah Cease-fire Survive Its Vulnerabilities? Mideast Experts Weigh In

The Israeli security cabinet has approved a cease-fire and Lebanon’s government says it will ensure Hezbollah abides by the deal. Experts discuss the cease-fire and its potential limitations.

· November 26, 2024
PBS NewsHour
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Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hezbollah Is Close– But Not Done Yet

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah is on the horizon in an increasingly urgent environment.

· November 25, 2024
MSNBC
In The Media
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Why the Gulf States Might Feature Prominently in Trump’s Foreign Policy

It is far too early to make bold pronouncements on what a second Trump administration portends for U.S. policy across a region as complicated as the Middle East. Still, the Gulf states have already drawn President-elect Donald Trump’s attention

· November 23, 2024
Foreign Policy
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Where Does America Go From Here? A Conversation With SE Cupp and Norman Ornstein
November 20, 2024

Join Aaron David Miller as sits down with SE Cupp and Norman Ornstein, two of the nation’s most thoughtful political analysts, to discuss the consequences of the 2024 presidential election results.