Dennis Ross 1399016 222935773 2008-07-01T20:32:25Z Alarob 358952 /* External links */ del dead link. Could not find replacement [[Image:Dennis Ross.jpg|250px||thumb|Ross speaking at [[Emory University]].]]'''Dennis B. Ross''' (b. [[November 26]], [[1948]] in [[San Francisco]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[political figure]] who served as the director for policy planning in the [[State Department]] under President [[George H.W. Bush]] and special [[Middle East]] coordinator under President [[Bill Clinton]]. The [[envoy]] and chief [[negotiator]] under both [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and [[Democratic Party (US)|Democratic]] [[President of the United States|presidents]], Ross was integral in shaping U.S. involvement in the [[Peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict|Middle East peace process]] during his tenure. For more than twelve years, Ross played a leading role in shaping U.S. involvement in the [[Middle East]] peace process and in dealing directly with the negotiations. Ross was responsible in both the [[G.H.W. Bush]] and Clinton administrations for exploring ways to settle the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]. As an architect of the peace process, he helped the Israelis and Palestinians in reaching the 1995 [[Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip]] and brokered the [[Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron]] in 1997. He facilitated the [[Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace]] and also worked on talks between Israel and Syria. Ross's memoir, ''[[The Missing Peace]]: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace'' tells the story of efforts to negotiate peace over the 1990s and outlines the key lessons to be drawn from that experience. His 2007 book, ''Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World, '' criticizes the administration of President [[George W. Bush]] for its failure to use the tools of statecraft to advance U.S. national interests. While having worked under both Republican and Democratic administrations, Ross himself is a Democrat.<ref>[http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/10/09_404.html The Missing Peace], Dennis Ross Interviewed By Nonna Gorilovskaya, ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' October 20, 2004 </ref> He remains a frequent commentator on Middle East issues and analyst on the outcome of current events. He is now counselor of the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]]. ==Personal life== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:TheMissingPeace.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Cover of Ross's book, ''The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace''.]] --> Ross was born on [[November 26]], [[1948]], in [[San Francisco]]. He is married and has three children. According to his book, he was raised in [[Marin County]], [[California]], by his [[Jewish]] mother and [[Catholic]] stepfather, who maintained a non-religious household atmosphere. Ross did his undergraduate studies at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], and did graduate work in political science at the same institution, focusing on study of the [[Soviet Union]]. ==Career== A scholar and diplomat with more than two decades of experience in [[Soviet]] and Middle Eastern policy,{{fact|date=August 2007}} Ross worked closely with Secretaries of State [[James Baker]], [[Warren Christopher]] and [[Madeleine Albright]]. While not listed in his official biography, according to the "The Truth about Camp David" by Clayton Swisher, Ross co-founded the [[AIPAC]]-sponsored Washington Institute for Near East Policy in the 1980's. [http://books.google.com/books?id=U5INKlOqNeAC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=winep+ross&source=web&ots=9i0jHJyhP_&sig=jk-g2koGEho7pGsqaGWZ78m2NfQ#PPA35,M1] Prior to his service as Special Middle East Coordinator under President Clinton, Ross served as Director of the [[United States Department of State|State Department]]'s Policy Planning office during the G.H.W Bush administration. In that position, he played a prominent role in US policy toward the former Soviet Union, the unification of Germany and its integration into [[NATO]], arms control negotiations, and the development of the [[Gulf War]] coalition. He served as director of Near East and South Asian Affairs on the National Security Council staff during the [[Ronald Reagan administration]], and as Deputy Director of the [[United States Pentagon|Pentagon]]'s Office of Net Assessment. In 1981, following the election of President Ronald Reagan, the newly appointed [[United States National Security Advisor|U.S. National Security Advisor]] [[Richard V. Allen]] was put in charge of assembling the Reagan administration's foreign policy advisory team. Allen offered [[Paul Wolfowitz]] the position of Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department. In this position Wolfowitz and his newly selected staff, which included [[Lewis Libby|Scooter Libby]], [[Francis Fukuyama]], Ross, [[Alan Keyes]], [[Zalmay Khalilzad]], [[Stephen Sestanovich]] and [[James G. Roche|James Roche]], were responsible for defining the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] administration's long-term foreign policy goals. Ross returned briefly to academia in the 1980s, serving as executive director of the [[University of California at Berkeley|Berkeley]]-[[Stanford University|Stanford]] program on Soviet International Behavior from 1984-1986. [[Image:Ehud Barak and Dennis Ross.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Ross (right) with [[Ehud Barak]] in 1999.]] During his years of trying to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations he was criticized by people on both sides of the conflict. [[Palestinians]] made repeated references to the fact that he is [[Jewish]], and some right-wing conservative Israelis branded him "self-hating" — each questioning his ability to be unbiased.<ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_9_36/ai_n6332299 Tired are the peacemakers: tales from the Arab-Israeli negotiating table | Washington Monthly | Find Articles at BNET.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>[http://www.thenation.com/doc/20040830/shlaim] Some of his articles have been published by both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian sources.[http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=1842][http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=12730&CategoryId=5] In their 2006 paper ''[[The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy]]'', [[John Mearsheimer]], political science professor at the [[University of Chicago]], and [[Stephen Walt]], academic dean of the [[Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]], named Ross as a member of the "Israeli lobby" in the United States.<ref name=Clyne2>Clyne, Meghan. [http://www.nysun.com/article/29470?page_no=2 Kalb Upbraids Harvard Dean Over Israel], ''[[New York Sun]]'', March 21, 2006. Accessed August 17, 2007.</ref> Ross in turn criticized the academics behind the paper.<ref name=Clyne2/> ==After politics== Currently, Ross is counselor and Ziegler distinguished fellow of the [[Washington Institute for Near East Policy]]. He is the first chairman of a new Jerusalem based think tank, the [[Jewish People Policy Planning Institute]], funded and founded by the [[Jewish Agency]]. In the fall of 2005, taught a class in Mid-East Peace at [[Brandeis University]], and taught it again at [[Georgetown University]] in the fall of 2006. In Spring 2007 he taught Strategic Negotiation and Statecraft at Georgetown and is teaching a similar course in Fall 2007. In Spring 2008, he is teaching a course in statecraft at the [[Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard]]. Ross is a Foreign Affairs Analyst for the [[Fox News]] Channel in addition to being a frequent commentator in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''. Ross's first column at ''[[The New Republic]]'', "Statecraft", was published on [[April 9]], [[2007]].<ref>[http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070409&s=ross040907 STATECRAFT, A NEW COLUMN, Ways and Means]</ref> ==Awards and honors== President Clinton awarded Ross the Presidential medal for "Distinguished Federal Civilian Service" and Secretaries Baker and Albright presented him with the State Department’s highest award. Ross has received the UCLA Medal, the university's highest honor. He has also received honorary doctorates from the [[Jewish Theological Seminary]], [[Syracuse University]] and [[Amherst College]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://us.macmillan.com/author/dennisross Dennis Ross at FSG] *[http://www.publicradio.org/tools/media/player/news/midday/2007/07/02_midday2 Dennis Ross discusses ''Statecraft''] at the [[Commonwealth Club of California]] *[http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=8 Ross's biography at the Washington Institute] *[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E7D6113DF93BA3575BC0A9629C8B63 Exhausted Are the Peacemakers], ''[[New York Times Book Review]]'' *[http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson121204.html Process but No Peace], ''[[Policy Review]]'' *[http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040901fareviewessay83512/samuel-w-lewis/the-receding-horizon-the-endless-quest-for-arab-israeli-peace.html The Receding Horizon: The Endless Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace], ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'' *[http://www.cfr.org/publication/7458/council_on_foreign_relations_panel_discussion.html Council on Foreign Relations Panel Discussion: America and the World: Challenges Facing the Next Administration--Remarks by Ambassador Dennis Ross] *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/current/articles/fall2007/concessions-of-a-lifelong-diplomat.html Concessions of a Lifelong Diplomat], [http://www.columbiacurrent.org/ Columbia Current] Book Review of ''Statecraft'' by Jordan C. Hirsch ==Interviews== * [http://www.meforum.org/article/307 Living the Peace Process], Interviewed by the ''[[Middle East Quarterly]]'' June 1996 * [http://www.cfr.org/publication/7355/missing_peace.html The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace], Interviewed by [[Thomas Friedman]], [[Council on Foreign Relations]] September 13, 2004 ([http://www.cfr.org/publication/7356/missing_peace.html Video]) * [http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2004/10/09_404.html The Missing Peace], Interviewed by Nonna Gorilovskaya, ''[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]'' October 20, 2004 * [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/magazine/05wwln_q4.html?ex=1296795600&en=8334f1e5f79b6e13&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Questions for Dennis Ross: Handling Hamas], Interviewed by [[Deborah Solomon]], ''[[The New York Times]]'' February 5, 2006 * [http://www.opinionjournal.com/jer/?id=110009336 Problem Countries: Syria, Iran and Russia stir up trouble.] Interviewed by [[Paul Gigot]], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' December 4, 2006 *[http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/07/01/1/career-advice-straight-from-charlies-green-room Career Advice From Dennis Ross - 2 mins Video] *[http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2007/07/16/1/a-conversation-with-dennis-ross A Conversation with Dennis Ross - from Charlie Ross interview video 20 mins] *[http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2004/08/17/1/a-conversation-with-dennis-ross-about-the-palestinian-israeli-conflict A Conversation with Dennis Ross about the Palestinian Israeli Conflict - from Charlie Ross interview video 30 mins] ==Bibliography== * Dennis Ross. June 2007. ''Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World''. [[Farrar, Straus, and Giroux]]. ISBN 0-374-29928-5[http://us.macmillan.com/statecraft] * Wrote the foreword for ''Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad'' by Matthew Levitt. [[Yale University Press]] (May 1, 2006). ISBN 0-300-11053-7. * Dennis Ross. August 2004. ''[[The Missing Peace]]: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace''. [[Farrar, Straus, and Giroux]]. ISBN 0-374-19973-6. * Dennis Ross. August 2002. ''[http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=102 Reforming the Palestinian Authority: Requirements for Change]''. Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Policy Focus #43. * Dennis Ross. 1985. ''[http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC04.php?CID=100 Acting with Caution: Middle East Policy Planning for the Second Reagan Administration]'' Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Policy Papers #1. From ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' * [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/22/the_road_map_after_gaza/ "The road map after Gaza"], [[August 22]], [[2005]] From ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'' * [http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050101faessay84106/dennis-ross/the-middle-east-predicament.html "The Middle East Predicament"], January/February 2005 From ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' * [http://www.utoronto.ca/pcmn/thinkagain-arafat_dennis_ross_foreign_policy.pdf "Think Again: Yasir Arafat"], July/August 2002 From ''[[The Jerusalem Post]]'' * [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525919693&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter "A cease-fire reality: Dealing with Damascus"], [[August 22]], [[2006]] * [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498812839&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter "The First Word: What Olmert can expect from Bush"], [[April 6]], [[2006]] * [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885904973&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter "Too confused to surrender"], [[July 2]], [[2006]] From ''[[The New Republic]]'' * [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070423&s=ross042507 "How to Handle Iran"], TNR TV: How to make Tehran obey, [[April 25]], [[2007]] (with [[Franklin Foer]]) * [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20061218&s=ross121806 "Internal Affairs"], Don't count on Iran and Syria to solve our problems in Iraq. [[December 7]], [[2006]] * [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20060731&s=ross073106 "Roll Back"], Israel's war with Lebanon looks like bad news for the United States. But, actually, it's an opportunity. [[July 22]], [[2006]] * [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070423&s=ross042307 "Squeeze Play"], Approach Tehran with sticks, not carrots. [[April 25]], [[2007]] * [http://www.tnr.com/showBio.mhtml?pid=942&sa=1 Statecraft] (Ross's column--Selected articles below) ** [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070423&s=ross042307 "Balance of Power"], The British sailors told us who's ''really'' running Iran, [[April 23]], [[2007]] ** [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070507&s=ross050707 "Talk to Syria"], Why Israel--and the United States--should talk to Syria. [[May 7]], [[2007]] ** [http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070409&s=ross040907 "Ways and Means"], Introducing a new column on the art of statecraft, [[April 9]], [[2007]] From ''[[The New York Times]]'' * [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DEEDE1F3DF937A35751C1A9679C8B63&sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=print "Can Arafat Stop the Violence?"], Now, at last, Yasir Arafat must decide that the Palestinian Authority will not be a safe haven for terrorists. [[December 4]], [[2001]] * [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/opinion/09ross.html?ei=5088&en=f70db60fc63d6216&ex=1325998800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print "Don't Play With Maps"] What's the greatest barrier to Mideast peace? Mythology. ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[January 9]], [[2007]] * [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B17F934580C7B8CDDAC0894DB404482 "Mideast Peace, One Day at a Time"] For now, let's stop the killing. The road map can wait. [[May 8]], [[2003]] * [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F14FC3E550C7A8CDDAB0894D9404482 "Peace, One Very Small Step at a Time"], [[February 9]], [[2001]] From ''[[USA Today]]'' * [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2004-11-10-arafat-edit_x.htm "Arafat's death can breathe life into peace process"], Yasser Arafat has dominated the Palestinian national movement for the past 40 years. He has been a fixture on the landscape of the Middle East. He came to embody the Palestinian cause and was determined that no other Palestinian figure could emerge as a possible alternative to him. [[November 10]], [[2004]] * [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-23-sharon-exit_x.htm "The danger of a Sharon exit"], Life after Sharon will not be so simple, particularly as Palestinians prepare to hold elections Wednesday and Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization, is poised to do well. [[January 23]], [[2006]] * [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-08-syria-edit_x.htm "A moment of truth for Syria"], During the nearly 30-year rule of Hafez Assad, Syria came to control Lebanon and used terrorist groups Hezbollah, Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to exert pressure (and at times reduce it) on others in the region. His son, Bashar, who has been the Syrian president for the past five years, seems to lack his father's guile and understanding of limits that need to be respected. [[November 8]], [[2005]] * [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-03-02-ross_x.htm "An opening in the Mideast"], President Bush declared in Europe that the world cannot rest until there is peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Certainly he knew that Europeans would welcome such words. But I suspect this was less a tactical gesture to the Europeans and more a statement of intent, reflecting his commitment to act on what he sees as an opportunity for promoting peace. [[March 2]], [[2005]] * [http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-07-18-arab-umbrella_x.htm "U.S. should help construct an 'Arab umbrella'"], In order to prevent the current crisis in the Middel East from growing, the United States must work with the Saudis, Egyptians, Jordanians and others who seem to recognize that Iran is manipulating Hezbollah and Hamas for its purposes. Such an "Arab umbrella" could justify in deploying the Lebanese army to Israel's border. [[July 18]], [[2006]] From ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' * [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110003224 "The Arab Coalition"], From Iraq's neighbors, reason to hope for peace and reform. [[March 20]], [[2003]] * [http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002031 "The Hidden Threat in the Mideast"] Iran and Syria try to open a second front. [[July 24]], [[2002]] * [http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001813 "No Sir, Yasser"] Prepare to break relations with Arafat. [[February 2]], [[2002]] From ''[[The Washington Post]]'' * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26838-2004Nov4?language=printer "After Arafat, What?"], [[November 5]], [[2004]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/14/AR2007021401423.html "The Art of Possible Peace"], Rice's First Task: A Viable Israeli-Palestinian Cease-Fire, [[February 15]], [[2007]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/16/AR2006081601426.html "A Cease-Fire Reality: Dealing With Syria"], [[August 17]], [[2006]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A41190-2002Nov11?language=printer "Deadline for Hussein"], Obfuscation after Dec. 8 should trigger war. [[November 12]], [[2002]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A22192-2004Jul1?language=printer "Egypt's New Role"], [[July 2]], [[2004]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302605.html "Give Hamas Nothing for Free"], [[February 5]], [[2006]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/30/AR2006043000869.html "A New Strategy on Iran"], [[May 1]], [[2006]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40056-2004Dec31.html "Palestinian Stirrings"], [[January 2]], [[2005]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/13/AR2006101301419.html "A Plan for Iraq"], [[October 15]], [[2004]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/24/AR2005052401252.html "A Race Against Time in The Mideast"], [[May 25]], [[2005]] * [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/03/AR2007060300953.html?hpid=opinionsbox2 "The Specter of 'Hamastan'"], More Must Be Done to Counter Islamist Gains in Gaza, [[June 4]], [[2007]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Dennis}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:American Jews]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]] [[Category:Directors of Policy Planning]] [[Category:Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts]] [[Category:Georgetown University faculty]] [[Category:United States Department of State officials]] [[Category:United States-Israeli relations]] [[Category:Washington Institute for Near East Policy]] [[Category:People from Marin County, California]] [[Category:People from San Francisco, California]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Dennis Ross]] [[fr:Dennis Ross]] [[he:דניס רוס]] [[no:Dennis Ross]]