On this episode of Israel in Depth, David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute and former senior advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, discusses the major issues that will shape U.S.-Israel relations during the Biden administration – the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian nuclear program – and the future of the Trump administration's diplomatic achievement, the "Abraham Accords." Recorded Jan. 21, 2021.

Israel in Depth (Episode 11) - Professor Dov Waxman, the director of UCLA's Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, talks with David Makovsky, the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute, about the challenges facing U.S.-Israel relations under the Biden administration. They also discussed the future of the Abraham Accords and the normalization process between Israel and Arab states.

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About the Guest

David Makovsky is the Ziegler Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute and director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations. He is also an adjunct professor in Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In 2013-2014, he worked in the Office of the U.S. Secretary of State, serving as a senior advisor to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations. Author of numerous Washington Institute monographs and essays on issues related to the Middle East peace process and the Arab-Israeli conflict, he is also coauthor, with Dennis Ross, of the 2019 book Be Strong and of Good Courage: How Israel's Most Important Leaders Shaped Its Destiny. Before joining the Washington Institute, Mr. Makovsky was an award-winning journalist who covered the peace process from 1989 to 2000. He is the former executive editor of the Jerusalem Post, was the diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz, and is a former contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report. 

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Duration: 00:39:29