Larry discusses the backchannel negotiations of the U. S. and Israel with Dr. Alon Ben-Meir, Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute

Dr. Alon Ben Meir is a retired professor of International Relations, formerly at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute. Ben-Meir is an expert on Middle East and West Balkan affairs, international negotiations, and conflict resolution. In the past two decades, Ben-Meir has been directly involved in various backchannel negotiations involving Israel and its neighboring countries and Turkey.  Ben-Meir is featured on a variety of television networks and also regularly briefs at the U.S. State Department for the International Visitors Program.  He writes a weekly article that is syndicated globally.  Dr. Ben-Meir has authored seven books related to Middle East and is currently working on two new books about Syria and Turkey.  Ben-Meir holds a master’s degree in philosophy and a doctorate in international relations from Oxford University.

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