Freeport Speech | Promise and Peril: The US and the Middle East

Promise and Peril: The US and the Middle East Aaron David Miller, Jon Allen and Jackie Northam Thursday, Aug 20, 2026 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St, Freeport, ME Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. Dr Miller served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process. Ambassador Jon Allen spent his career as a Canadian diplomat and was Ambassador of Canada to Israel. He is currently a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs in Toronto. Jackie Northam is a veteran International Affairs Correspondent for NPR. Lead Sponsors: Robert and Joan Carpenter Troccoli Tickets available via via eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-us-and-the-middle-east-tickets-1993795595297