The Israel-Gaza Conflict: A Discussion with SIA Professor Flynt Leverett

A discussion of the Israel-Gaza conflict from Monday, October 16, 2023.
An expert on the Middle East, Professor Flynt Leverett is part of the founding faculty at the Penn State School of International Affairs, and an affiliate faculty at Penn State Law in University Park and the Asian Studies Program.
From 1992 to 2003, Prof. Leverett had a distinguished career in the U.S. Government. He served nine years as senior Middle East analyst at the CIA. On the State Department's Policy Planning Staff, he earned a Superior Honor Award for his contributions to forming an international coalition against al-Qa’ida after the 9/11 attacks and to diplomatic efforts with Libya that led to the normalization of U.S.-Libyan relations after years of estrangement. In 2002, he went to the White House to serve as the National Security Council's senior director for Middle East affairs; he left government service in 2003 because of disagreements over Middle East policy and the conduct of the war on terror.