Jeremy Pressman

Jeremy Pressman is a Professor of Political Science and the Director of Middle East Studies at the University of Connecticut. His most recent book is The Sword is not Enough: Arabs, Israelis, and the Limits of Military Force (Manchester University Press, 2020). He is a former project associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Rula Jebreal

Rula Jebreal is a Palestinian journalist, foreign policy analyst, and award-winning author. Her first novel, Miral (2007), shared an autobiographical account of the founding of a Palestinian orphanage in 1948 and the experiences of three generations of women caught in the crossfire of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

Jon Hoffman

Jon Hoffman is a Research Fellow in Defense and Foreign Policy at the Cato Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at George Mason University. His upcoming book is Islam and Statecraft: Religious Soft Power in the Arab Gulf States (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025). 

Trita Parsi (Moderator)

Trita Parsi is the Executive Vice President at the Quincy Institute. He was the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order and was named by the Washingtonian Magazine as one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy in Washington D.C. in both 2021 and 2022. Parsi is an expert on Iranian foreign politics.