Dana Stroul
 Dana Stroul     (diplomat) | |
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| Alma mater | University of Virginia, The American University in Cairo, Georgetown University |
| Member of | French-American Foundation/Young Leaders/2014 |
US deep state operative | |
Dana Stroul is a US diplomat who was picked by the Biden administration in January 2021 to lead the Pentagon's Middle East desk.[1] She spent three years as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East and was appointed Research Director at the Washington Institute For Near East Policy in February 2024.[2]
Regime-change in Syria
In September 2019, as co-Chair of the Syria Study Group, Dana Stroul outlined a four-pronged plan for the “new phase” of the regime-change strategy in Syria:
- US military occupation of Syria’s “resource-rich” “economic powerhouse”;
- “Diplomatic isolation” of the Syrian government;
- Economic sanctions against Damascus and its allies; and
- “Preventing reconstruction aid and technical expertise from going back into Syria.”[3]
Israel's long-term security
In September 2024, Dana Stroul wrote an article in Foreign Affairs cautioning Israel and Hezbollah against escalating their conflict, and concluding:
- "The United States should continue to push Israel to articulate its plan for winding down military operations against Hamas and prioritizing Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Movement on this front will deny Hezbollah, Iran, and the rest of the Axis of Resistance the upper hand in a regional narrative that paints Hamas as a legitimate defender of Palestinian interests. Such progress is essential to Israel’s long-term security—something that its leaders, trapped by short-term decision-making, have seemed unable to grasp."[4]
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