Dennis Ross, director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a State Department specialist under two U.S. presidents, will speak at TCU Oct. 24. He is the guest of honor for the annual Gates of Chai Lectureship in Contemporary Judaism, sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies at TCU and Brite Divinity School. The topic of his lecture is “Facilitating Peace in the Middle East.” Ambassador Ross’s book, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, was published in 2004. He was influential in brokering several treaties and peace accords, including the 1997 Hebron Accord between the Israelis and Palestinians. He facilitated an Israel-Jordan peace treaty and helped improve relations between Syria and Israel. He serves as a foreign affairs analyst for Fox News Channel and is a frequent commentator in The Washington Post, The Financial Times and U.S. News and World Report.