Marian Miner Cook
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(Event Postponed) Israel-Gaza War: Escalation and Regional Ramifications

Wed, October 30, 2024
Lunch Program
Andrew P. Miller

POSTPONED - This event has been postponed -- more information will be released as it is available.

Andrew P. Miller, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, will discuss the current status of the crisis in the Middle East, risks and opportunities for the United States, and what to expect from the next president.

Attendance at this event is limited to CMC students, faculty, and staff. A CMC ID card is required for admission.

(Lunch served at 12:00 noon, program begins at 12:20 PM)

POSTPONED - This event has been postponed -- more information will be released as it is available.

Andrew P. Miller is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP), working on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other Middle East issues. He previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs from 2022 to 2024 and worked at the National Security Council on Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinians during the Obama Administration.

Prior to this, he served as a Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, covering the Middle East and North Africa, counterterrorism, political-military affairs, and intelligence. From 2017 to 2020, Miller was the Deputy Director for Policy at the Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and a Nonresident Scholar in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program.

Miller’s previous government assignments included serving as the Director for Egypt and Israel Military Issues on President Obama’s National Security Council from 2014 to 2017, where he was involved in deliberations regarding U.S. security assistance to Egypt and Israel and Middle East Peace, among other issues. He also worked at the U.S. Department of State in a variety of intelligence and policy roles, including in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff, and at the U.S. Embassies in Cairo and Doha. Miller earned a B.A. in Political Science from Dickinson College and an M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

Mr. Miller's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at CMC.

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