July 23, 2025, 2:30pm: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism will hold a hearing entitled, U.S. Diplomatic Strategies for a Dynamic Middle East. Scheduled witnesses will be: Brian Hook, former US Special Representative for Iran and Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State; Daniel Shapiro, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East; and Shelly Culbertson, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND.