On February 22, USIP hosted a conversation with Amos Hochstein, U.S. special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security and the primary mediator of the Israel-Lebanon agreement. The discussion unpacked how the agreement came about, the lessons learned for American diplomacy, and the precedents it may set for broader Israeli-Lebanese relations as well as for conflicts across the Eastern Mediterranean.
Lise Grande
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace
Amos Hochstein
Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security
Mona Yacoubian, moderator
Senior Advisor, Executive Office and Middle East and North Africa Center at U.S. Institute of Peace
For more information, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/negotiating-israel-lebanon-maritime-borders
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