Benjamin Wittes - Israel, Gaza and Implications for U.S. Foreign and Domestic Policy

Join us for a Watson Distinguished Lecture with Benjamin Wittes, Editor in Chief of Lawfare, and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings. Wittes will be discussing the Israel-Gaza war and the implications for U.S. foreign and domestic policy. He’ll cover political implications on the U.S. presidential elections, the impact on diplomatic/national security alliances, the long-term impact on the U.S./Israel relationship, and new and changing alliances across political parties in the U.S.
Benjamin Wittes is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings. He co-founded and is the editor-in-chief of Lawfare, which is devoted to sober and serious discussion of “Hard National Security Choices.” He is a contributing writer at the Atlantic and a law analyst at NBC News and MSNBC.