A Class of Its Own
Bravo Dani. Soldier on! Francis
Francis Bator, Professor of Political Economy Emeritus at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, was Deputy National Security Adviser under US President Lyndon B. Johnson, and has consulted for the US Treasury, State, and Defense Departments. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the US Treasury Department’s Distinguished Service Award.
Iran’s mass ballistic missile and drone attack on Israel last week raised anew the specter of a widening Middle East war that draws in Iran and its proxies, as well as Western countries like the United States. The urgent need to defuse tensions – starting by ending Israel’s war in Gaza and pursuing a lasting political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is obvious, but can it be done?