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Ross speaking at Emory University.
Ross speaking at Emory University. Emory University is a Private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County,

Dennis B. Ross (b. November 26, 1948 in San Francisco) is an American author and political figure who served as the director for policy planning in the State Department under President George H.W. Bush and special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The envoy and chief negotiator under both Republican and Democratic presidents, Ross was integral in shaping U. For Wikipedia's negotiation policy see WikipediaNegotiation. For other uses see Negotiation (disambiguation. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by S. involvement in the Middle East peace process during his tenure.

For more than twelve years, Ross played a leading role in shaping U. S. involvement in the Middle East peace process and in dealing directly with the negotiations. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. Ross was responsible in both the G.H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations for exploring ways to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12 1924 served as the forty-first President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 As an architect of the peace process, he helped the Israelis and Palestinians in reaching the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and brokered the Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron in 1997. Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip or Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, or simply the Interim Agreement, also known as Oslo 2 (or Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, also known as The Hebron Protocol or Hebron Agreement, began January 7 and was concluded from January He facilitated the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace and also worked on talks between Israel and Syria.

Ross's memoir, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace tells the story of efforts to negotiate peace over the 1990s and outlines the key lessons to be drawn from that experience. His 2007 book, Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World, criticizes the administration of President George W. Bush for its failure to use the tools of statecraft to advance U. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. S. national interests. While having worked under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Ross himself is a Democrat. [1] He remains a frequent commentator on Middle East issues and analyst on the outcome of current events. He is now counselor of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (TWI known informally as WINEP is a Washington DC-based Think tank which concerns itself with U

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Personal life

Ross was born on November 26, 1948, in San Francisco. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city He is married and has three children. According to his book, he was raised in Marin County, California, by his Jewish mother and Catholic stepfather, who maintained a non-religious household atmosphere. March 11, 1889 | California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". Ross did his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and did graduate work in political science at the same institution, focusing on study of the Soviet Union. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

Career

A scholar and diplomat with more than two decades of experience in Soviet and Middle Eastern policy, Ross worked closely with Secretaries of State James Baker, Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright. A soviet (сове́т, "council" originally was a workers' local council in late Imperial Russia. See also James Addison Baker James Addison Baker III (born April 28 1930) is a American attorney politician political Warren (Chris Minor Christopher (born October 27, 1925) is an American Diplomat, Lawyer, and Public servant. Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. While not listed in his official biography, according to the "The Truth about Camp David" by Clayton Swisher, Ross co-founded the AIPAC-sponsored Washington Institute for Near East Policy in the 1980's. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee ( AIPAC) is an American Lobbying group that advocates for pro- Israel policies to the Congress and [1]

Prior to his service as Special Middle East Coordinator under President Clinton, Ross served as Director of the State Department's Policy Planning office during the G. H. W Bush administration. In that position, he played a prominent role in US policy toward the former Soviet Union, the unification of Germany and its integration into NATO, arms control negotiations, and the development of the Gulf War coalition. The North Atlantic Treaty He served as director of Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council staff during the Ronald Reagan administration, and as Deputy Director of the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessment. The Pentagon is the Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia.

In 1981, following the election of President Ronald Reagan, the newly appointed U.S. National Security Advisor Richard V. Allen was put in charge of assembling the Reagan administration's foreign policy advisory team. The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Adviser (abbreviated NSA, or sometimes ANSA Richard Vincent Allen (born 1936 was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982 Allen offered Paul Wolfowitz the position of Director of Policy Planning at the U. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is a former United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U S. State Department. In this position Wolfowitz and his newly selected staff, which included Scooter Libby, Francis Fukuyama, Ross, Alan Keyes, Zalmay Khalilzad, Stephen Sestanovich and James Roche, were responsible for defining the Reagan administration's long-term foreign policy goals. Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby (born August 22 1950) is a former Assistant to the President of the United States, George W Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama (born 27 October 1952) is an American Philosopher, political economist, and author Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7 1950 Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad ( Pashto: زلمی خلیلزاد - Zalmay Khalīlzād) (born 22 March 1951 is the permanent United States Ambassador to the United Stephen Sestanovich is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University He previously worked Dr James G Roche was the 20th Secretary of the Air Force, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 20 2005.

Ross returned briefly to academia in the 1980s, serving as executive director of the Berkeley-Stanford program on Soviet International Behavior from 1984-1986. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in

Ross (right) with Ehud Barak in 1999.
Ross (right) with Ehud Barak in 1999. Ehud Barak (אֵהוּד בָּרָק born Ehud Brog on 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician former Prime Minister, and

During his years of trying to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations he was criticized by people on both sides of the conflict. Palestinians made repeated references to the fact that he is Jewish, and some right-wing conservative Israelis branded him "self-hating" — each questioning his ability to be unbiased. Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ [2][2] Some of his articles have been published by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sources. [3][4] In their 2006 paper The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, named Ross as a member of the "Israeli lobby" in the United States. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy (a condensed version used the title The Israel Lobby) is the title of a work by John Mearsheimer John J Mearsheimer (born December 1947 is an American professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Stephen Martin Walt (born July 2, 1955) is a Professor of International affairs at Harvard University 's John F The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a Public policy and [3] Ross in turn criticized the academics behind the paper. [3]

After politics

Currently, Ross is counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (TWI known informally as WINEP is a Washington DC-based Think tank which concerns itself with U He is the first chairman of a new Jerusalem based think tank, the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, funded and founded by the Jewish Agency. The Jewish Agency for Israel (Hebrew הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) also known as the Sochnut or JAFI In the fall of 2005, taught a class in Mid-East Peace at Brandeis University, and taught it again at Georgetown University in the fall of 2006. Brandeis University is a private research University with a Liberal arts focus located in Waltham Massachusetts, United States. Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D In Spring 2007 he taught Strategic Negotiation and Statecraft at Georgetown and is teaching a similar course in Fall 2007. In Spring 2008, he is teaching a course in statecraft at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a Public policy and

Ross is a Foreign Affairs Analyst for the Fox News Channel in addition to being a frequent commentator in The Washington Post and The New York Times. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Ross's first column at The New Republic, "Statecraft", was published on April 9, 2007. The New Republic ( TNR) is an American Magazine of politics and the arts Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [4]

Awards and honors

President Clinton awarded Ross the Presidential medal for "Distinguished Federal Civilian Service" and Secretaries Baker and Albright presented him with the State Department’s highest award. Ross has received the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor. He has also received honorary doctorates from the Jewish Theological Seminary, Syracuse University and Amherst College. Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

References

  1. ^ The Missing Peace, Dennis Ross Interviewed By Nonna Gorilovskaya, Mother Jones October 20, 2004
  2. ^ Tired are the peacemakers: tales from the Arab-Israeli negotiating table | Washington Monthly | Find Articles at BNET.com
  3. ^ a b Clyne, Meghan. Mother Jones is an independent Nonprofit Magazine rooted in liberal political values and known for its Investigative reporting Kalb Upbraids Harvard Dean Over Israel, New York Sun, March 21, 2006. The New York Sun was a contemporary five-day Daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 until 2008 Accessed August 17, 2007.
  4. ^ STATECRAFT, A NEW COLUMN, Ways and Means

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References

  1. ^ The Missing Peace, Dennis Ross Interviewed By Nonna Gorilovskaya, Mother Jones October 20, 2004
  2. ^ Tired are the peacemakers: tales from the Arab-Israeli negotiating table | Washington Monthly | Find Articles at BNET.com
  3. ^ a b Clyne, Meghan. Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mother Jones is an independent Nonprofit Magazine rooted in liberal political values and known for its Investigative reporting Kalb Upbraids Harvard Dean Over Israel, New York Sun, March 21, 2006. The New York Sun was a contemporary five-day Daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 until 2008 Accessed August 17, 2007.
  4. ^ STATECRAFT, A NEW COLUMN, Ways and Means
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