Dennis Ross is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle[…]
Ross is motivated by the human price of conflict.
Question: What inspires you?
Ross:I mean I have . . . I have a passion for it mostly because, as I said, this is not an abstraction for me. I got to know too many people on each side. I got to know too many people who suffered. I got to see too many people who, in a sense, fell victim to hopelessness and frustration. I saw the price of the conflict in its human terms. And for me, it wasn’t acceptable.
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