The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 05 Apr 2011 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Diversity Lectures |
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Davide Makovsky Bio
David Makovsky is the author or coauthor of a variety of Washington Institute monographs on issues related to the Middle East Peace Process and the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Lessons and Implications of the Israel-Hizballah War: A Preliminary Assessment (2006); Olmert's Unilateral Option: An Early Assessment (2006); Hamas Triumphant (2006); Engagement Through Disengagement: Gaza and the Potential for Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking (2005); and A Defensible Fence: Fighting Terror and Enabling a Two State Solution (2004), which focuses on Israel's security barrier and its relationship to demography and geography in the West Bank. In July 1994, with the personal intervention of then Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Makovsky became the first journalist writing for an Israeli publication to visit Damascus. In March 1995, again with assistance from U.S. officials, Makovsky was given unprecedented permission to file reports from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for an Israeli publication. Makovsky received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a master's degree in Middle East studies from Harvard University. He is an adjunct lecturer in Middle Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies.
John Murray Bio
John Murray specializes in training and coaching individuals in public and non-governmental organizations as they address communal conflict, with particular attention to water and other natural resource concerns. He currently provides long-term assistance to the Palestinian Negotiation Support Unit and offers training in negotiation and communication skills to students and professionals from the Middle East region.
In addition to his consulting work, Murray teaches international conflict management at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Murray's background includes military service, state-level elective office, law and education. He retired in 2005 as Professor of Practice in International Relations at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and Associate Director of Maxwell's Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC). Prior to teaching at Syracuse, Murray taught conflict management and international law at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, and before that, at Texas Tech School of Law. He also founded and served as president of the Conflict Clinic, Inc., a negotiation and mediation firm established with the support of the Harvard Negotiation Project.
Murray received a BA from Cornell University, a Master's Degree in Public Law and Government from Columbia University, and a JD from the University of Iowa College of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Iowa Law Review.