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Dennis Ross
July 25, 2008
Ambassador Dennis Ross serves
as counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow at the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy. For more than twelve years, Ambassador
Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the
Middle East peace process. A highly skilled diplomat, Ambassador
Ross was U.S. point man on the peace process in both the George
H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He was instrumental
in assisting Israelis and Palestinians to reach the 1995 Interim
Agreement; he also successfully brokered the 1997 Hebron Accord,
facilitated the 1994 Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and intensively
worked to bring Israel and Syria together.
A scholar and diplomat with
more than two decades of experience in Soviet and Middle East
policy, Ambassador Ross worked closely with Secretaries of State
James Baker, Warren Christopher, and Madeleine Albright. Prior
to his service as special Middle East coordinator under President
Clinton, Ambassador Ross served as director of the State Department's
Policy Planning Staff in the first Bush administration. In that
capacity, he played a prominent role in U.S. policy toward the
former Soviet Union, the unification of Germany and its integration
into NATO, arms control negotiations, and the 1991 Gulf War coalition.
A prolific author, he is a frequent
contributor to the Financial Times, The Washington Post, The
Los Angeles Times, and U.S. News and World Report. He is also
a foreign affairs analyst for Fox News Channel. He is the author
of The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle
East Peace (2004), and Statecraft, And How to Restore America's
Standing in the World (2007) which was described as "important
and illuminating" by The New York Times.
Ambassador Ross was awarded
the Presidential Medal for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service
by President Clinton, and Secretaries Baker and Albright presented
him with the State Department's highest award. |
