Roger Cohen: Israel, the Middle East & the United States

The Future of American Diplomatic Leadership in Israel & the Middle East—Roger Cohen, Ambassador Gary Grappo & Jeremy Ben-Ami (December 8, 2015 at the University of Denver, co-sponsored by J Street & the Center for Middle East Studies at DU) Roger Cohen is a columnist for The New York Times and the author of ’The Girl from Human Street: A Jewish Family Odyssey’ (2015) and ’Hearts Grown Brutal: Sagas of Sarajevo’ (1998). Gary Grappo, Distinguished Fellow at the University of Denver’s Center for Middle East Studies, was Envoy and Head of Mission for The Quartet in Jerusalem and US Ambassador to Oman. Jeremy Ben-Ami is the founder and President of J Street and the author of A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation (2011). Nader Hashemi (moderator) is Director of the Center for Middle East Studies and an Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics at the University of Denver.