One Year On:
American-Israeli Relations in the Obama and Netanyahu Era
May 13-14, 2010
RAND Corporation, Arlington, VA

Thursday May 13

1:30-1:45: Welcoming Remarks: Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Rabin Center and Dalia Dassa Kaye, RAND Corporation

1:45-3:00: The Peace Process from the Israeli View: An Ongoing Crisis in US-Israeli Relations?
Chair: Etel Solingen, UC Irvine
Speakers:
Aluf Benn, Ha’aretz
David Makovsky, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Asher Susser, The Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University

3:00-4:15: The Peace Process from the Palestinian View: Is Progress Possible?
Chair: Michael Barnett, University of Minnesota
Speakers:
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group
Ghaith Al-Omari, The American Task Force on Palestine
Pini Meidan-Shani , former senior Israeli intelligence official

4:15-4:30: Coffee Break

4:30-5:45: American Domestic Politics and Israel: The Changing Landscape
Chair: Edward Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania
Speakers:
Alon Pinkas, Former Israeli Consul General and foreign affairs analyst, Fox News
Peter Beinart, CUNY
Daniel Levy, New America Foundation

7:00: Depart for Dinner, Albert Dwoskin residence, McLean, VA
Speaker:
Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic

Friday, May 14

8:30-9:00: Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30: Converging or Diverging? American and Israeli Strategic Interests in the Broader Middle East
Chair: Stephen Krasner, Stanford University
Speakers:
Aaron David Miller, Woodrow Wilson Center
Shai Feldman, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
Martin Kramer, Shalem Center

10:30-10:45: Coffee Break

10:45-12:30: Iran Inside Out: Domestic Politics, Diplomacy, and Deterrence
Chair: Nina Tannenwald, Brown University
Speakers:
Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution
David Menashri, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University
David Aaron, The RAND Corporation
Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, former Chief of Staff, IDF

12:30-2:00: Roundtable Lunch Discussion with AE Alumni
Chair: Miles Kahler, UC San Diego

2:00-2:30: Closing Remarks
Nachum Braverman, Academic Exchange
Charles Kupchan, Council on Foreign Relations/Georgetown University