Location: The Woodrow Wilson Center, Floor 6

Date: November 20, 2013

Time: 9:00 am to 11:30 am

Schedule:

A book launch for Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcoming remarks by Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson Center

9:15-10:00 a.m. Book critique by commentators:

Asher Kaufman, Associate Professor of History and Peace Studies, The Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

Daniel Kurtzer, Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland, College Park

Moderator: Aaron David Miller, Vice President, New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

10:00-10:15a.m. Coffee break

10:15-11:00a.m. Response by authors:

Abdel Monem Said Aly, Chairman and CEO, Regional Center for Security Studies, Cairo, and Senior Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

Shai Feldman, Judy and Sidney Swartz Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies and Professor of Politics, Brandeis University

Khalil Shikaki, director, Palestinian Center for Political and Survey Research, Ramallah, and Senior Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University

Moderator: Robin Wright, Wilson Center-USIP Distinguished Scholar

11:00-11:30a.m. Question and answer session