Brett McGurk has held senior national security appointments across the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations. Most recently he was the White House Coordinator for the Middle East under President Biden, where he spearheaded negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Gaza conflict, and helped organize the defense of Israel against two of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history.. He previously served as Special Presidential Envoy under Obama and Trump, leading the global campaign to defeat ISIS. McGurk is now a Global Affairs Analyst for CNN and a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center and the Atlantic Council. He is also a partner at Lux Capital, and a Special Advisor for International Affairs at Cisco. He is finally authoring a book on presidential decision-making based on his first-hand experience, to be published by Crown.
