Mar­tin Indyk is a dis­tin­guished fel­low at the Coun­cil on For­eign Rela­tions and a for­mer U.S. ambas­sador to Israel, assis­tant sec­re­tary of state for Near East Affairs, and spe­cial assis­tant to Pres­i­dent Clin­ton. Pre­vi­ous­ly, Indyk was exec­u­tive vice pres­i­dent of the Brook­ings Insti­tu­tion, where he had also served as vice pres­i­dent and direc­tor of the For­eign Pol­i­cy pro­gram and the found­ing direc­tor of its Cen­ter for Mid­dle East Pol­i­cy. He served as Pres­i­dent Oba­ma’s spe­cial envoy for the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian nego­ti­a­tions from July 2013 to June 2014. He lives in New York.