U.S. Policy in the Post-October 7 Middle East: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Over the past year, Hamas’s assault on Israel’s southern communities, the onset of war in Gaza, and the opening of multiple fronts by adversaries across the region have had a huge impact on the Biden administration’s Middle East policy. As the region begins Year 2 of the post-October 7 era, new challenges and opportunities are already emerging, as the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah underscores.

To discuss how the Biden administration handled the reverberations of October 7 and how America and its allies can address the evolving regional situation in the year ahead, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum featuring:

Dennis Ross, William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Institute; former special assistant to President Obama; former U.S. point man on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during the Bush and Clinton administrations

Dana Stroul, director of research and Kassen Senior Fellow at the Institute; former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East in the Biden administration

David Schenker, Taube Senior Fellow at the Institute and director of its Rubin Program on Arab Politics; former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs in the Trump administration; former Levant country director at the Pentagon

The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.