Daniel C. Kurtzer is the S. Daniel Abra­ham Pro­fes­sor in Mid­dle East Pol­i­cy Stud­ies at the Woodrow Wil­son School of Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty. He retired in 2005 from the U.S. For­eign Ser­vice, hav­ing served as U.S. ambas­sador to Egypt (1997 – 2001) and Israel (2001 – 2005).