Jason Isaacson, chief policy and political affairs officer of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), and Ambassador David M. Satterfield covered a wide range of topics, including the current political landscape in America, the upcoming election, issues facing the Jewish community, and the rise of antisemitism. With years of experience in policymaking and diplomacy, our distinguished speakers provided unique perspectives on these critical issues, giving insights into the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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Agenda
5:00 pm CDT — Introductions
5:05 pm CDT — Armchair Discussion
5:45 pm CDT — Audience Q&A
Participants
Featured Speakers
Jason Isaacson, AJC’s chief policy and political affairs officer, is a longtime analyst of U.S. political and strategic affairs and an advocate for Arab-Israeli peace. An observer to the 1991–-92 Middle East peace talks in Madrid, Moscow, and Washington, he represented AJC at the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna; since 1993, he has coordinated periodic AJC ministerial meetings throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Asia, including numerous visits that were the first by an American Jewish civic organization. He has lectured at the Egyptian and Jordanian diplomatic institutes and was a senior visitor at Oxford’s St. Antony’s College in 2002. Isaacson directed an AJC initiative that led to the 2004 opening of the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels. He also convened a 2005 NGO seminar on online tolerance at the UN World Summit and coordinated the 2015 Defining Moment for Europe conference on combating antisemitism. He was awarded the honor of Chevalier by both the French Minister of Culture (2007) and King Mohammed VI of Morocco (2009).
Moderator
The Honorable David M. Satterfield
Director, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy; Janice and Robert McNair Chair in Public Policy; Former Ambassador to Lebanon and Turkey