Brokering Peace in the Middle East and Beyond
On July 12, USIP and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy hosted a discussion reflecting on Ambassador Hof’s experience trying to broker Syrian-Israeli peace and what it can tell us about the possibilities and limitations of American conflict mediation. The conversation also looked back on the consistent and the unpredictable elements of successful negotiations in the Middle East, Balkans, Colombia and Africa, and drew lessons from past successes, failures and near-misses.