About the Team

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About the Team

Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer (dkurtzer@princeton.edu) Ambassador Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). During a twentynine-year-long career in the Foreign Service, he served as the U.S. ambassador to Egypt and Israel.

Kaira Bakkestad-Legare (kairab@princeton.edu) Prior to SPIA, Kaira served as a Senior Policy Officer at Global Affairs Canada, where she worked to develop a new Arctic foreign policy for Canada and supported Canada within the Arctic Council. She was responsible for co-editing the report and conducting research on hydrocarbons and geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Rebecca Gorin (rgorin@princeton.edu) Rebecca is studying international relations at SPIA. She previously worked at the U.S. State Department to build research and analytics capabilities for public diplomacy. She was responsible for co-producing the final report and drafting sections on UNFICYP and Russian monitoring.

Jake Gutman (jgutman@princeton.edu) Jake is studying foreign policy and national security issues at SPIA and previously worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Cory Booker. He was responsible for co-producing the final report and drafting sections on the Sovereign Base Areas and U.S.-EU cooperation.

Fatima Khan (fkkhan@princeton.edu) Fatima is concentrating in international development at SPIA and previously worked at the Punjab Chief Minister’s Office on policies related to women’s empowerment, law & order, taxation and other social reform in Pakistan. She was responsible for coediting the final report and focused on local perspectives on the Cyprus conflict. Rocio Cara Labrador (rociol@princeton.edu) Cara is studying international relations and conflict studies at SPIA. She previously worked at the Council on Foreign Relations as a writer on Latin America and as a Fulbright scholar in Colombia. She was responsible for drafting sections on Greek policy and interests toward the Cyprus conflict. Patrick McDonnell (pm18@princeton.edu) Pat is studying international relations and national security law at SPIA as well as Harvard Law School, previously he served as an Army intelligence officer with deployments to Afghanistan and Europe. He drafted sections related to the law of sea, maritime borders, and defense trade regulations.

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Dan Morales (danielpm@princeton.edu) Dan is a U.S. national security professional with eight years of experience working on security and military issues in the Middle East and North Africa and traveling to the region on multiple short-term and longer-term assignments. As one of two drafters, Dan was responsible for drafting various sections of the final workshop report and focused his individual research on Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy interests in Cyprus and the broader East Mediterranean region.

María Alejandra Moscoso (mmoscoso@princeton.edu) María Alejandra is studying foreign policy and international relations at SPIA and previously worked as a Program Specialist for Stabilization and Development with Creative Associates International. As a 2019 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, Alejandra is eager to represent and serve her community through a career in the Foreign Service.

Jeff Phaneuf (jphaneuf@princeton.edu) Jeff is a former Marine Corps infantry officer who also worked for U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton. He was responsible for overseeing the group’s digital archives and researching the U.S.-Turkey relationship.

Maggie Tennis (mtennis@princeton.edu) Maggie studies foreign policy and national security at Princeton. Previously, she worked for Ambassador Strobe Talbott at the Brookings Institution on U.S.-Russia foreign policy. She was one of two main drafters of the final report and conducted research on Russian and Chinese interests in the Cyprus Conflict. Victor Yau (vyau@princeton.edu) Victor studies international relations and diplomacy at SPIA and previously served as an artist-diplomat for the U.S. government. He co-wrote the report’s sections on historical background, conflict resolution efforts, and Track II initiatives.