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April 2024
Past Event
The Importance of the US-Israel Relationship with Mike Pence
Featured Speakers:
Mike Pence
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Demonstrators hold US and Israeli flags during a rally in Central Park marking 150 days since hostages were taken in attack on Israel on March 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
01
April 2024
Past Event
The Importance of the US-Israel Relationship with Mike Pence

Mike Pence, the forty-eighth vice president of the United States, will sit down with 91ÆÞÓÑ Japan Chair Ken Weinstein to discuss the importance of the US-Israel relationship.

Demonstrators hold US and Israeli flags during a rally in Central Park marking 150 days since hostages were taken in attack on Israel on March 10, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Mike Pence
Kenneth R. Weinstein
14
March 2024
Past Event
The Future of US-Israel Relations
Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Jonathan Silver
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
A unit of Israeli soldiers returns to the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
14
March 2024
Past Event
The Future of US-Israel Relations

Michael Doran,  Jonathan Silver, and Elliott Abrams will discuss Israel’s foreign and domestic policies since the October 7 massacre, the Biden administration’s Middle East policy and its impacts, and the rise of anti-Zionism in the US.

A unit of Israeli soldiers returns to the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Elliott Abrams
Jonathan Silver
Michael Doran
Moderator:
Zineb Riboua
07
March 2024
Past Event
Aiding America’s Frontline Allies: The View from Israel and Ukraine with Secretary Mike Pompeo
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
The Israeli flag flies in front of the Lviv Regional State Administration building as a sign of solidarity with the Israeli people on October 13, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
07
March 2024
Past Event
Aiding America’s Frontline Allies: The View from Israel and Ukraine with Secretary Mike Pompeo

Mike Pompeo will sit down with Michael Doran to discuss how America return to a position of global strength.

The Israeli flag flies in front of the Lviv Regional State Administration building as a sign of solidarity with the Israeli people on October 13, 2023, in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo by Les Kasyanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
29
February 2024
Past Event
The Day after the War in Gaza: A Palestinian State?
Featured Speakers:
Dan Diker
Yossi Kuperwasser
Michael Doran
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the Muqata, the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
29
February 2024
Past Event
The Day after the War in Gaza: A Palestinian State?

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ for a conversation on what US recognition of a Palestinian state could mean in the region and beyond.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shake hands prior to a meeting at the Muqata, the presidential compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on November 30, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Dan Diker
Yossi Kuperwasser
Michael Doran
23
February 2024
Past Event
The World Before and After October 7: A Conversation with MK Simcha Rothman
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
MK Simcha Rothman
The image of rescued Israeli-Argentinian hostage Louis Har with the word "rescued" written on it outside the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2024 (Oren Ziv/AFP via Getty Images)
23
February 2024
Past Event
The World Before and After October 7: A Conversation with MK Simcha Rothman
The image of rescued Israeli-Argentinian hostage Louis Har with the word "rescued" written on it outside the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv on February 12, 2024 (Oren Ziv/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
MK Simcha Rothman
12
February 2024
Past Event
Israel at War: A Conversation with Gadi Taub
Featured Speakers:
Gadi Taub
Michael Doran
People walk with photos of people killed on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel's south during a memorial event held by families of victims on February 7, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
12
February 2024
Past Event
Israel at War: A Conversation with Gadi Taub
People walk with photos of people killed on the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel's south during a memorial event held by families of victims on February 7, 2024, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Gadi Taub
Michael Doran
19
December 2023
Past Event
The Rise of Russia-Iran Partnership
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Bryan Clark
Can KasapoÄŸlu
Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the Arabian Sea and north of the Indian Ocean on February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
19
December 2023
Past Event
The Rise of Russia-Iran Partnership
Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the Arabian Sea and north of the Indian Ocean on February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Bryan Clark
Can KasapoÄŸlu
09
November 2023
Past Event
The Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
09
November 2023
Past Event
The Israel-Hamas War: A Conversation with Seventieth Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ for a discussion with Distinguished Fellow Michael R. Pompeo on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war’s place in the Iranian strategy to undermine the United States.

An Israeli army M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael R. Pompeo
Michael Doran
27
October 2023
Past Event
Israel’s Wartime Budget
Featured Speakers:
Noach Hacker
Michael Doran
Israeli soldiers in an armored vehicle in Sderot, Israel, on October 24, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
27
October 2023
Past Event
Israel’s Wartime Budget

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Senior Fellow Michael Doran for a discussion on the IDF’s budget during the Israel-Hamas war with Noach Hacker, the minister of economic affairs representing Israel’s Ministry of Finance.

Israeli soldiers in an armored vehicle in Sderot, Israel, on October 24, 2023. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Noach Hacker
Michael Doran
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
25
October 2023
Past Event
Target Tehran

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Senior Fellow Jonathan Schachter for a discussion with Israel-based journalist Yonah Jeremy Bob on his new book, coauthored with Ilan Evyatar, Target Tehran

Members of an Iranian Army honor guard stand next to Iran's flags during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran on April 18, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Jonathan Schachter
Yonah Jeremy Bob
18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities
Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
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18
October 2023
Past Event
The Arab Oil Embargo 50 Years Later: Lessons Learned and Missed Opportunities

Energy experts explore why the 1973 oil embargo mattered, why it continues to matter, and what lessons it offers policymakers today.

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Featured Speakers:
Mike Sommers
Arthur Herman
Jonathan Schachter
Robert Heyat
Brigham McCown
Lucian Pugliaresi
Jack Spencer
Thomas J. Duesterberg
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can KasapoÄŸlu
Jonathan Schachter
A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
09
October 2023
Past Event
Analysis of the Israel-Hamas War

Join 91ÆÞÓÑ Senior Fellows Michael Doran, Jonathan Schacter, and Can KasapoÄŸlu for an analysis of the Hamas raid on Israel.

A missile explodes in Gaza City during an Israeli air strike on October 8, 2023. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Can KasapoÄŸlu
Jonathan Schachter