Twenty Years After Madrid

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The Madrid Peace Conference was a watershed moment for American diplomacy, but the two decades since have witnessed a region facing substantial challenges and instability, with major uncertainty regarding the future of efforts toward peace.  With the recent developments at the United Nations and the Quartet's latest proposal, this conference pulled  lessons from the past, assessed the current state-of-play, and explored new ideas for moving forward.

Program Highlights

• Video address by President George H.W. Bush
  Watch the interview (Baker Institute)
• The Honorable James A. Baker, III, Keynote Speaker
  Read the Secretary's remarks as prepared (pdf)
• Audio | Panel IV: The Impact of U.S. Diplomacy Since Madrid
  Moderated by Margaret Warner, PBS
  Listen to the panel discussion

See all multimedia from the conference

Conference Planning

Co-chairs:

Dr. Richard H. Solomon, USIP
Ambassador Edward Djerejian, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Co-directors:

Paul Hughes, USIP
Neil Kritz, USIP
Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, USIP
Scott Lasensky, USIP

Conference Coordinators:

Lena Andrews, USIP
Matt Chen, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Britt Manzo, USIP

Event Recap

• The Arab Spring and Mideast Peace
  News Feature by Thomas Omestad | November 8, 2011
• The Arab-Israeli Peace Process: Why It’s Failed Thus Far
  News Feature | November 8, 2011

A detailed agenda of the even can be found below.