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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Seminar with Chuck Freilich, former Deputy National Security Advisor and current Belfer Center Senior Fellow, and Ambassador Dennis Ross, Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
Dr. Chuck Freilich, a former Deputy National Security Adviser in Israel, is now a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center and the author of Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy, Cornell, 2012. He is now nearing completion of a new book on Israel’s changing national security environment and strategy, including the need for a broad ranging reassessment, and has begun co-authoring a book on Israel and the threat of cyber warfare.
Chuck was a Senior Analyst at the Israel Ministry of Defense, policy adviser to a cabinet minister, a delegate at the Israeli Mission to the UN and the Executive Director of two non- profits. He served in the Israel Defense Forces for five years and is a reserve major. Chuck earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. Born in New York, he immigrated to Israel in his teens. He has two grown children, Lior and Tal.
Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Prior to returning to the Institute in 2011, he served two years as special assistant to President Obama and National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and a year as special advisor to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton focusing on Iran.
For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross has played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and dealing directly with the parties in negotiations. A highly skilled diplomat, Ambassador Ross was U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He was instrumental in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim Agreement, successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord, facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and worked intensively to bring Israel and Syria together.
Since leaving government in late 2011, Ross has published frequently in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Politico, and numerous other publications. Additionally, he is the author of several influential books on the peace process, most recently Myths, Illusions, and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East, coauthored with Institute peace process expert David Makovsky. An earlier study, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004), offers comprehensive analytical and personal insight into the Middle East peace process. The New York Times praised his 2007 publication, Statecraft, And How to Restore America's Standing in the World (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007), as "important and illuminating." Ross is also the author of the forthcoming book, Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship in a Time of Change. He is a member of the International Council at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.
As space is limited for this event, RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Belfer Center Seminars are strictly off-the-record. By requesting to attend the seminar, you agree that you will comply with the Belfer Center's strict policy against recording or disclosing the contents of the seminar. Your access is conditioned on your compliance with these restrictions. Should you violate these rules, the Center will pursue all available legal options and you will be excluded from all future events.
