Audio Archive: The Impact of U.S. Diplomacy Since Madrid

These former diplomats and experts discussed the effectiveness of U.S. diplomacy since the Madrid Conference. Topics included the question of whether the conditions are "ripe" for progress and whether that is the right benchmark for moving ahead; the expectations Arab countries have of both the United States and Israel and how the Arab Spring will impact these expectations; and the current dynamics of the relationship between the United States and Israel.

Speakers:

Moderated by Margaret Warner, PBS

Ambassador Dan Kurtzer
S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University; senior member of the U.S. delegation to the Madrid Conference; former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and Israel; co-author of the forthcoming book, "The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace" (forthcoming 2012)

Ambassador Sam Lewis
Former United States Ambassador to Israel; former director of State Department Policy Planning Staff; former USIP President

Dr. Aaron David Miller
Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; senior member of the U.S. delegation to the Madrid Conference; former Adviser to Republican and Democratic U.S. Secretaries of State

Dr. Shibley Telhami
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland; co-author of the forthcoming book, "The Peace Puzzle: America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace" (forthcoming 2012)

More from the event archive:

• Getting to Madrid: Personal Reflections (video)
• Arab-Israeli Peacemaking and a Changing Middle East: Questions for the United States (video | audio)