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October 7, 2023, was without parallel in Israeli history. Invading Hamas forces indiscriminately killed more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped and wounded hundreds more. In the three years following the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, Israel conducted major military operations across seven fronts that severely degraded Iran’s military and nuclear programs, as well as its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. The United States and Israel also took bilateral security cooperation to new heights in the wake of October 7, culminating in unprecedented joint operations against Iran earlier this year.

An eighth front has also arisen behind these military successes, as Israel’s enemies have spearheaded a global information warfare campaign—one that often blends into antisemitism and, at times, violence against Jews worldwide. Some critics have even alleged that Israel tried to commit genocide in Gaza , a claim which over 75 retired U.S. military leaders forcefully reject in a newly released JINSA letter.

To reflect on October 7 and its consequences, JINSA hosted a webinar with several leading experts to discuss the tragic attack, the multifront war that followed, and the future of the region, Israel’s self-defense, and its partnership with the United States.

The webinar featured JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, former head of Israel’s National Security Council; JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force; MAJ John Spencer, USA (ret.), Executive Director of the Urban Warfare Institute; and JINSA Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow John Hannah.

The discussion was moderated by JINSA President and CEO Michael Makovsky, PhD.

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IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA. Prior to joining JINSA, MG Amidror was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council. Among other distinguished postings, MG Amidror also served as Director of Israel’s Intelligence Analysis Division. Click here to read full bio

IDF MG (ret.) Amikam Norkin IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA. Prior to joining JINSA, MG Amidror was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council. Among other distinguished postings, MG Amidror also served as Director of Israel’s Intelligence Analysis Division. Click here to read full bio

MAJ John Spencer, USA (ret.) MAJ John Spencer, USA (ret.) is the Executive Director of the Urban Warfare Institute. He he served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy. Click here to read full bio

John Hannah John Hannah is the Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow at JINSA. Hannah served in a range of U.S. government positions, including National Security Advisor to the U.S. Vice President and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State. Click here to read full bio

Michael Makovsky, PhD Michael Makovsky, PhD, is President and CEO of JINSA. Makovsky is a former senior Pentagon official and is a leading policy expert on U.S.-Israel defense ties, U.S. Middle East policy, and the role of energy in U.S. national security policy. Click here to read full bio

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September 11, 2001, changed world history and shattered the American people’s sense of security and normalcy. Jihadists attacked U.S. economic and military power centers, killing 2,977 people and injuring thousands more. The terrorists nearly dealt a major blow to America’s political epicenter, coming within 20 minutes of striking Washington, D.C., foiled only by the heroic acts of the Americans aboard Flight 93.

Al-Qaeda’s terrorist attack sparked two major U.S. wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a broader global campaign against America’s terrorist enemies. However, as time goes on, it becomes easier to take for granted the relative security that followed the 9/11 attacks—security that U.S. servicemembers valiantly fought for.

JINSA hosted a discussion with three retired U.S. military leaders about their personal experience on September 11, 2001; that day’s historical legacy; and the military campaigns that followed.

The conversation featured JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant ADM Timothy Keating, USN (ret.), former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command and former Commander, U.S. Northern Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); JINSA Distinguished Fellow Gen Charles Wald, USAF (ret.), former Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command; and JINSA Hybrid Warfare Policy Project Advisor Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.), former Vice Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.

JINSA Senior Policy Analyst Yoni Tobin moderated the discussion.

ADM Timothy Keating, USN (ret.) Admiral Timothy Keating, USN (ret.) is a JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant. He is the former Commander of U.S. Pacific Command. Prior to his tour at Pacific Command, Admiral Keating was Commander of the United States Northern Command and Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Click here to read full bio

Gen Charles Wald, USAF (ret.) General Charles Wald, USAF (ret.), is a JINSA Distinguished Fellow. He is the former Deputy Commander of United States European Command (EUCOM), where he was responsible for developing the air campaign of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Click here to read full bio

Lt Gen Thomas Trask, USAF (ret.) Lt General Trask served 33 years in the US Air Force, retiring as the Vice Commander of United States Special Operations Command. Tom is a defense and security consultant in the Washington DC area, providing full-service consulting focused on defense industry strategy, Capitol Hill engagement, leading and managing large organizations. Click here to read full bio

Yoni Tobin Yoni Tobin is a Senior Policy Analyst at JINSA. He holds a B.A. in International Relations, with honors, from Boston University and an M.A. in International Security Policy from Columbia University. Click here to read full bio

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On August 18, Israeli fighter jets struck the Abu al-Duhur military airbase in Syria’s Idlib province, citing intelligence that Damascus was prepared to permit the stationing of Turkish troops there in violation of a security understanding with Israel. Israel said it had warned Syria repeatedly before striking and claims to have shared intelligence with the United States; current U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack disputed this, saying Washington received no advance notice. Turkey—which already posts troops in northern Syria—denied any intention to establish a military presence at the base, called the strikes “reckless,” and warned Israel against further actions. Washington has since scrambled to establish a deconfliction mechanism among the three parties.

The episode has exposed a deepening competition between Israel and Turkey over Syria’s future. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024, Turkey has emerged as Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s principal backer, formalizing military cooperation agreements and expanding its footprint across the country. Israel views Turkish military infrastructure—particularly air defense systems—as a direct threat to its freedom of action over Syrian airspace, including for its operations against Iran.

To discuss the Israel-Turkey-Syria triangle and its implications for U.S. policy and regional stability, JINSA hosted a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel’s former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, and JINSA Distinguished Scholar and former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Amb. Eric Edelman. Blaise Misztal, JINSA’s Vice President for Policy, moderated the discussion.

Blaise Misztal, JINSA’s Vice President for Policy, moderated the discussion.

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IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror

IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA. Prior to joining JINSA, MG Amidror was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council. MG (ret.) Amidror also has served as Director of Israel’s Intelligence Analysis Division.

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Amb. Eric Edelman Amb. Eric Edelman is a Distinguished Scholar at JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense & Strategy and the Co-Chair of its Iran Policy Project and Eastern Mediterranean Policy Project. Amb. Edelman served in senior positions at the Departments of State and Defense as well as the White House where he led organizations providing analysis, strategy, policy development, security services, trade advocacy, public outreach, citizen services, and congressional relations. Click here to read full bio

Blaise Misztal Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Click here to read full bio

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Almost three years after the devastating October 7, 2023, attack, the Board of Peace announced that Hamas had agreed to give up its weapons and relinquish any role in Gaza’s governance and security. The achievement of a deal with Hamas was shared by President Donald Trump on July 30, who wrote that “the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza.” 

Yet the Board of Peace’s Roadmap for moving to Phase II of Trump’s Comprehensive Plan for Gaza also calls for Israel’s eventual full military withdrawal from the territory. Its text is at best ambiguous as to whether Israel’s phased withdrawals should begin before or after Hamas is completely disarmed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s top spokesman said on August 3 that Israel has shared a number of “serious security concerns” with the White House over the agreement. In addition, how the deal will be implemented is far from clear. Hamas under stress has long dangled cooperation in a bid to relieve pressure and gain time, only to breach its commitments. It almost certainly will seek to do so again.

To assess the deal, and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, JINSA hosted a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Ahmed Alkhatib, and JINSA Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow John Hannah.

JINSA Research Associate, Rena Gabber, moderated the discussion.

IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF Major General (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy Distinguished Fellow. General Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of the National Security Council, from 2011-2013. Click here to read full bio

Ahmed Alkhatib Ahmed Alkhatib is a Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East programs and leads Realign for Palestine, an Atlantic Council project that challenges entrenched narratives in the Israel and Palestine discourse and develops a new policy framework for rejuvenated pro-Palestine advocacy. Click here to read full bio

John Hannah John Hannah is JINSA’s Randi & Charles Wax Senior Fellow. He served as former Vice President Dick Cheney’s National Security Advisor from 2005-2009 and as Vice President Cheney’s Deputy National Security Advisor for the Middle East from 2001-2005. Click here to read full bio

Rena Gabber Rena Gabber is a Research Associate for JINSA Senior Fellow John Hannah. She formerly worked as a Research Assistant at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on Arab-Israel relations. Click here to read full bio

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The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are converging. Iran has supplied Russia with drone technology battering Ukrainian cities while threatening U.S. forces and partners across the Middle East—and the connection runs deeper: Russia has provided Iran with satellite imagery and targeting intelligence, including the locations of U.S. warships and aircraft, enabling more precise Iranian strikes against American forces in the region.

Ukraine has begun striking back, hitting Iranian and Russian cargo vessels in the Caspian Sea on July 25 to disrupt Iran-Russia supply lines. Days later, both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were in Washington for separate meetings with President Donald Trump—and the two spoke in person with one another for the first time in three years. Separately, Ukraine has emerged as the world’s leading laboratory for drone warfare and countermeasures—experience increasingly relevant to Israel, which has struggled to adapt to the fiber-optic drone threat now deployed by Hezbollah in Lebanon that was first pioneered on the Ukrainian battlefield.

The convergence raises urgent questions for U.S. strategy: how should Washington coordinate across two theaters increasingly shaped by the same adversary network? Can Ukraine and Israel translate their shared interest in countering Iran into meaningful coordination? And what does effective deterrence look like when the Iranian threat spans both fronts simultaneously?

To discuss the growing links between the Middle East and Ukraine wars and the implications for U.S. policy, JINSA hosted an exclusive webinar featuring JINSA Generals & Admirals Program Participants Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF (ret.), former Commander, U.S. European Command, and Lt Gen Thomas Bergeson, USAF (ret.), former Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command.

JINSA Associate Director of Foreign Policy Ari Cicurel moderated the webinar.

Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF (ret.) Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF (ret.) is the former Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He participated in JINSA’s Generals and Admirals program in 2018. Click here to read full bio

Lt Gen Thomas W. Bergeson, USAF (ret.) Lt Gen Thomas W. Bergeson is the former Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command. He participated in JINSA’s Generals and Admirals program in 2023. Click here to read full bio

Ari Cicurel

Ari Cicurel has been Associate Director of Foreign Policy at JINSA since January 2025.

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At the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7–8—the alliance’s first summit hosted by Turkey since 2004—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pressed his case as an indispensable partner, and President Donald Trump delivered. On the summit’s opening day, President Trump announced he would lift U.S. CAATSA sanctions imposed on Turkey after its 2019 acquisition of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system, and indicated he would move toward readmitting Ankara to the F-35 program.

Now, reports suggest Turkey may transfer the S-400s to the United Arab Emirates—a move that, if confirmed, would represent Ankara’s attempt to clear the remaining legal obstacle to F-35 program access. The announcement came after the Trump administration had notified Congress in June of its intention to sell Turkey more than $700 million in F110 jet engines for its KAAN fighter program, drawing bipartisan objections from lawmakers and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The accommodations, however, risk rewarding behavior that NATO should be deterring. Turkey retains the S-400, has threatened allies Greece and Cyprus through expansive maritime claims, maintained ties with Hamas, and is now exploring a Turkish-led Sunni security framework outside NATO’s orbit. Erdoğan has also overseen a sweeping crackdown on Turkey‘s domestic opposition—behavior that sits uneasily with NATO’s foundational commitment to democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law. The central question coming out of Ankara is whether President Trump’s personal rapport with Erdoğan has overridden allied concerns—and what the summit’s outcomes mean for the alliance’s coherence and credibility.

To assess the outcomes of the recent NATO summit in Ankara and their implications for U.S.-Turkey relations and alliance cohesion, JINSA hosted a webinar featuring Alan Makovsky, member of JINSA’s Benjamin Gettler Project for East Med Security, and Svante Cornell, JINSA Scholar and Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program.

Blaise Misztal, JINSA’s Vice President for Policy, moderated the discussion.

Svante E. Cornell Svante E. Cornell is a JINSA Scholar, the Director of the American Foreign Policy Council’s Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, and a co-founder of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. His main areas of expertise are security issues, state-building, and transnational crime in Southwest and Central Asia, with a specific focus on the Caucasus and Turkey. He is the Editor of CACI’s Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst and Turkey Analyst, the Center’s electronic publications, and of its Silk Road Papers series of occasional papers. Click here to read full bio

Alan Makovsky Alan Makovsky is a senior fellow for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress. From 2001 to 2013, he served as a senior professional staff member on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he covered the Middle East, Turkey, and other related issues. At the State Department, from 1983 to 1994, Makovsky variously covered southern European affairs and Middle Eastern affairs for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Click here to read full bio

Blaise Misztal Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Click here to read full bio

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This week marks a gruesome milestone: 1,000 days will have passed since Hamas infiltrated southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking over 250 mostly civilian hostages. It also marks 1,000 days of war for Israel, on seven fronts, its longest war. In that time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has dismantled Hamas’ control of Gaza, returned the hostages home, severely degraded Hezbollah, contributed to the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, and taken the fight, alongside the United States, directly to the regime in Iran. While Israel’s military maintains buffer zones in Gaza, southern Lebanon, and Syria, Iran and its proxy network remain poised to rebuild themselves and resume their aggression.

To discuss the dramatic changes in Israel and the rest of the Middle East over the 1,000 days since October 7, 2023, JINSA hosted a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow and former National Security Advisor to Israel’s Prime Minister, IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, and JINSA’s Julian (z”l) and Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs, IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish.

The discussion was moderated by JINSA VP for Policy Blaise Misztal.

IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF Major General (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy Distinguished Fellow. General Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of the National Security Council, from 2011-2013. Click here to read full bio

IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish IDF MG (ret.) Yaacov Ayish is the Julian and Jenny Josephson Senior Vice President for Israeli Affairs at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). MG Ayish served in the IDF for 36 years and retired in 2016, concluding an accomplished career during which he attained the rank of Major General. In his last position, MG Ayish served for four years as Israel’s Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the United States in Washington, D.C. Click here to read full bio

Blaise Misztal Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Click here to read full bio

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In retaliation for Operation Epic Fury, Iranian forces launched thousands of missiles and drones at Gulf countries hosting U.S. military bases. These devastating attacks caused servicemember fatalities and injuries, destroyed aircraft, and took strategic radars offline, revealing the vulnerabilities of the broader U.S. military posture in the Middle East. 

Two years ago, JINSA Hertog Distinguished Fellow and former Commander of the United States Central Command General Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret.) sounded the alarm about the vulnerabilities of current U.S. basing posture in his report U.S. Bases in the Middle East: Overcoming the Tyranny of Geography where he notably warned that “the United States will not be able to maintain these bases in a full-throated conflict, because they will be rendered unusable by sustained Iranian attack.” While urging the United States to re-examine its basing posture, he also emphasized the critical need for U.S. basing in Israel.

JINSA hosted a webinar with General McKenzie to discuss U.S. basing posture in the Middle East and its status in the aftermath of the Iran War.

JINSA’s Fellow for American Strategy Jonathan Ruhe moderated the discussion.

Gen Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret.) Gen Frank McKenzie, USMC (ret.) is the Hertog Distinguished Fellow at JINSA and also oversees national security research at the University of South Florida. He previously served as Commander, U.S. Central Command, and, prior to that, served as Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command. He also spent several years serving as the Director for Strategic Planning and Policy at the Pentagon. Click here to read full bio

Jonathan Ruhe Jonathan Ruhe is Fellow for American Strategy at JINSA. Before joining JINSA, he held positions as Senior Policy Analyst at the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Program and as Research Associate at the Hudson Institute. He has been cited in Congressional testimony and his commentary has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other leading media outlets. Click here to read full bio

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The United States and Iran have reached a deal. Nearly 70 days after a temporary ceasefire halted full-scale war, President Donald Trump announced in a June 14 Truth Social post that “the Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” with formal signing slated for June 19. According to President Trump, the deal ends all maritime shipping restrictions and the U.S. blockade. It also reportedly extends the current ceasefire for 60 days, during which time negotiations will continue.

Beyond that, as a recent JINSA infographic highlighted, little is publicly known about the deal’s contents or implementation. Media reports vary widely, and U.S. and Iranian officials are publicly contradicting each other on critical issues like sanctions relief, the Iranian nuclear program, and the Lebanese front. But both what reportedly is in the deal—including limitations on U.S. regional force posture and Israel’s freedom of action against Hezbollah—and is not—constraints on Iran’s missile program and proxy funding—have raised concerns about the deal itself, and the state of U.S. leverage going forward.

To discuss the deal and what it portends for the future, JINSA held a webinar featuring JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, former National Security Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister; JINSA Iran Policy Project member Elliott Abrams, former U.S. Special Representative to Iran and former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor; and JINSA’s Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal.

JINSA’s Associate Director for Foreign Policy Ari Cicurel moderated the discussion.

IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA. Prior to joining JINSA, MG Amidror was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council. MG (ret.) Amidror also has served as Director of Israel’s Intelligence Analysis Division. Click here to read full bio

Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams a member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project and the former U.S. Special Representative for Iran, as well as the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.

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Blaise Misztal

Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

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Ari Cicurel

Ari Cicurel has been Associate Director of Foreign Policy at JINSA since January 2025. His prior roles at JINSA include as Assistant Director of Foreign Policy from 2023-2025, Senior Policy Analyst from 2020-2023, and Policy Analyst from September 2018-January 2020.

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Representative Elise Stefanik (NY-21) gained national attention for her questioning of Ivy League university presidents at a hearing on campus antisemitism. When Rep. Stefanik asked the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated their schools’ codes of conduct, each refused to say yes. Harvard’s then-President Claudine Gay infamously claimed it “depends on the context.”

Rep. Stefanik has just released a new book, Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities, examining in greater depth how university leaders’ “failure to address antisemitic conduct on campus” are an indication that “our institutions of higher education have fundamentally lost their way.” She details the main lessons from her time investigating campus antisemitism in Congress, including her insights into what has gone wrong at elite universities, and why—and what Americans and their political leaders can do to fix it.

Rep. Stefanik joined JINSA for an exclusive conversation about her new book and the future of U.S. higher education. Michael Makovsky, PhD, JINSA President and CEO, moderated the discussion.

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Rep. Elise Stefanik Rep. Elise Stefanik (NY-21) is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Click here to read full bio

Michael Makovsky, PhD Michael Makovsky, since 2013, has been President and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Makovsky is a senior Pentagon official and a leading expert on U.S.-Israel defense ties, U.S. policy in the Middle East, and the role of energy in U.S. national security policy. Click here to read full bio

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