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Director Edward Djerejian recently joined Khambrel Marshall to discuss the Baker Institute and its distinguished namesake — former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III. 

Tune in: Baker Institute Director Edward Djerejian discussed potential U.S. foreign policy changes in a Biden administration.

Baker Institute Director Edward Djerejian recently discussed his experiences as the U.S. Ambassador to Syria (1988-1991), and the prospects today for an Israeli-Syrian peace agreement.

The peace plan revealed on Tuesday cannot succeed without the involvement of the Palestinians, said Ambassador Edward Djerejian. "In the past we had the Israelis and the Palestinians either indirectly or in direct negotiations ... It seems to me [the plan] is more about politics — domestic politics in Israel and maybe even domestic politics in our country where the president is under impeachment, and he's coming up to an election and wants to table this and move on."

"If the Trump plan is not based on the fundamental principle of 'land for peace,' then I don’t think it’s going to go anywhere because you cannot deny Palestinian self determination," said Ambassador Edward Djerejian in an interview with Britain's SkyNews. If the plan involves only security, economic or other arrangements, "something short of a territorial compromise that would eventually have an independent Palestinian state living in peace and security next to an independent Israeli state," the plan will not have any traction.