Members Rapid Response Roundtable: The U.S. and Israel Strike Iran — What Comes Next?
March 4th, 2026 2:00PM -3:00PM
On February 27, the United States and Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury,” a coordinated military strike on Iran that has heightened tensions across the region.
Join us for a rapid response roundtable conversation with Council on Foreign Relations’ Senior Fellow Steven Cook as he unpacks what is happening and what the consequences could be for regional stability and global security.
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Speakers:
Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East; False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East; The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the 2012 gold medal from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and Ruling but Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey.
Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. He has also published widely in international affairs journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and is a frequent commentator on radio and television. His work can also be found on CFR.org
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