Last updated on:
9/21/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
Daniel C. Kurtzer, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies at Princeton University and former US Ambassador to Egypt and Israel
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“[B]oth the Israelis and Palestinians and the United States will need political courage and determination to maintain focus on achieving the compromises that would underpin a two-state solution.”
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor in Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University, 2006-present
- Commissioner, Israel Baseball League, 2007
- Career Minister, US Foreign Service, 1979-2005
- Ambassador to Israel, US Department of State, 2001-2005
- Ambassador to Egypt, US Department of State, 1997-2001
- US Representative, Multilateral Refugee Working Group, Madrid Peace Conference, 1991
- Crafted the Middle East peace initiative of Secretary of State George P. Shultz, 1988
- Former advisor, Iraq Study Group
- Former board member, American University in Cairo
- Former member, New Jersey-Israel Commission
- Former Dean, Yeshiva College
- Education:
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- PhD, Columbia University
- Other:
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- Recipient, President’s Distinguished Service Award
- Recipient, Department of State Distinguished Service Award
- Recipient, National Intelligence Community’s Award for Achievement
- Recipient, Director General of the Foreign Service Award for Political Reporting