Dan Shapiro
The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Dan Shapiro is a seasoned diplomat with extensive experience in Middle Eastern affairs, particularly in fostering dialogue between conflicting parties. This interview highlights his strategic approach to diplomacy, focusing on coalition-building and the necessity of nuanced communication in complex political landscapes.
“An incredible boss and even other senior staff on his team to learn from how to do foreign policy the right way in a bipartisan way, how to really put U.S. interests first above domestic politics.”
“I guess the first answer is that my sister, who's a law professor here in Chicago, had told me about him when he was running for Senate in two thousand four. I'd actually been asked to help another candidate in that primary whose name I won't mention just because a friend was advising.”
“It was very important I grew up in a reformed Jewish household nowadays I consider myself conservative, but all those years of religious studies, of summer camps, Jewish summer camps definitely imbued in me a feeling that I as a Jew had a special connection with this country far away and where I'd only visited once through all my childhoo…”
“Right. So that funny thing happened between election day and inauguration day, at least as it looks from some Israelis who were expecting something very different, in that they must have started talking to a lot of other people, including Arab diplomats. It took a while, but eventually the Palestinians as well.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 141 - Dan Shapiro
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