“Brokering Peace in the Middle East and Beyond”: Bard Diplomat in Residence Frederic C. Hof Discusses His Experience Trying to Negotiate Syrian-Israeli Peace

Between 2009 and 2011, a team of U.S. negotiators including Bard Diplomat in Residence and Ambassador Frederic C. Hof came historically close to realizing a Syrian-Israeli peace agreement by seizing on an alignment of interests in Damascus, Jerusalem and Washington. The United States Institute of Peace and Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy present a discussion reflecting on Hof’s experience trying to broker Syrian-Israeli peace and what it can tell us about the possibilities and limitations of American conflict mediation.

Post Date: 07-12-2022