Join Steven Cook (senior fellow for Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Policy columnist) for this virtual, rapid-response program delving into the recent dramatic developments in the Middle East and the complex (and swiftly evolving) geopolitical dynamics between the U.S., Iran, and Israel.

In the wake of strikes by the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear program sites, how will Washington and Tehran balance new incentives to negotiate? What steps might be taken by the U.S., Iran, and Israel to avoid miscalculation and the chance of regional escalation? What is the new red line — diplomacy, deterrence and containment, or regime change? How could this effect global response to continuing military action and humanitarian crisis in Gaza? And what will the next move mean for the security and stability of the region and U.S. engagement in the near future?

We hope you can join us for this timely and urgent conversation with Cook—one of the leading thinkers and policy experts on U.S.-Middle East issues working today.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Steven A. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy and Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of the recently published The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East.