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The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
invites you to join our upcoming webinar:
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“The Escalation/Exit Paradox: Managing the US-Israel-Iran War at the Tipping Point”
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Background and Context
This webinar will explore the current escalation-de-escalation paradox in the U.S.-Israel-Iran war, in which combatants are trapped in a cycle of escalating attacks and increasing threats despite the preference of two of the three countries to avoid a lengthy, full-scale conflict. Focusing on the GCC and Lebanon, the Council’s diplomatic, geopolitical, and geo-economic experts will analyze how escalating energy and civilian infrastructure attacks and Lebanon’s role as a second front create a volatile potential tipping point. The GCC security dilemma is how both manage increased threats to infrastructure and maintain de-escalation efforts. Lebanon’s dual crisis is how to manage its role as the primary arena for escalating Israel Hezbollah warfare, while preferring to end it. Panelists will discuss the urgent need for diplomatic off-ramps and the implications of U.S. efforts to limit the duration and targeting extensions of the war while managing the risk of being pulled deeper into a widening regional conflict. |
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
10:00 – 11:30 A.M. EDT
Registration is NOT REQUIRED to view the program.
Submit questions to the specialists: questions@ncusar.org
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Dr. Abderrahim Foukara
Former Washington D.C. Bureau Chief and
Host of Min Washington
Al Jazeera
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Ambassador Joey Hood
Former Acting Assistant Secretary
Department of State’s Near Eastern Affairs Bureau;
Former Consul General and Principal Officer
U.S. Consulate, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia;
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia
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Ambassador Massoud Maalouf
Former Ambassador of Lebanon
to Canada, Poland, and Chile
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Dr. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Fellow for the Middle East
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Co-Director
Middle East Energy Roundtable
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Dr. John Sfakianakis
Chief Economist and Head of Economic Research
Gulf Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme
Chatham House
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