Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the state of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the prospects for an end to the fighting, and the tensions in U.S.-Israeli relations.   Mentioned on the Episode    Steven Cook, “Five Months of War: Where Israel, Hamas, and the U.S. Stand,” CFR.org   Steven Cook, The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East [forthcoming]   For an episode transcript and show notes, visit The President’s Inbox at: https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/war-gaza-steven-cook