Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute's Rubin Family Arab Politics Program, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant.
Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute.
David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. He is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general and defense strategist whose broad research scope ranges from relations with China to Israel’s regional political-military strategy and policy, is the Liz and Mony Rueven International Fellow with The Washington Institute.
Brief Analysis
Join us for a special expert webcast examining the prospects for lasting peace in light of the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire. Watch live starting at 10:00 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) on Monday, December 2, 2024.
More than a year after Hezbollah opened a second front against Israel, U.S. diplomacy has achieved a significant breakthrough: a ceasefire that will go into effect over the next sixty days, giving civilians on both sides of the Israel-Lebanon border a reprieve. Whether the agreement can meaningfully improve the situation on the ground in both countries and prevent future escalation will be a test for stakeholders in the Middle East, the United States, and Europe, particularly amid the leadership transition in Washington.
Watch a live webcast of this event starting at 10:00 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) on Monday, December 2, 2024.
To discuss the key grading criteria for this crucial test, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum with four of its top experts on the Israel-Lebanon file, moderated by research director and Kassen Senior Fellow Dana Stroul:
David Schenker, the Institute’s Taube Senior Fellow, director of its Rubin Program on Arab Politics, and former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs in the first Trump administration
Brig. Gen. Assaf Orion, the Institute’s Rueven International Fellow and former head of the Israel Defense Forces Strategic Planning Division
The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.
