Daniel B. Shapiro was named a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council in March 2022 and serves as director of the N7 Initiative, following a diverse career of over 20 years in senior foreign policy and national security positions in the United States government. He served as US Ambassador to Israel from 2011-2017. Among his major contributions were negotiating the $38 billion Memorandum of Understanding for U.S. military aid to Israel, unprecedented public outreach to Israel’s diverse communities, and 40 percent growth in

U.S.-Israel trade.

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