The Gaza Cease-Fire, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the Israel-Hamas cease-fire over Gaza came together, what the agreement requires each side to do, and what will come next.

Mentioned on the Episode

Steven Cook, “Israel and Hamas Reach Cease-Fire, but Will the War End? (cfr.org/expert-brief/israel-and-hamas-reach-ce…)” CFR.org

Steven Cook, “Israelis and Palestinians Both Lost Their Futures, (foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/24/israel-gaza-cease…)” Foreign Policy

Steven Cook, The End of Ambition: America's Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East (cfr.org/book/end-ambition)

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