The Hindustan Times Leadership Summit

Ajay Devgn is one of India's most multi-faceted and seasoned actors, having captured the audience’s imagination with powerful performances in his three-decade-long career.

After his iconic debut in 1991 with Phool Aur Kaante, Ajay delivered one unforgettable performance after another throughout the 90s. While films like Jigar and Dilwale got him commercial success, movies such as Naajayaz and Zakhm earned him critical acclaim.

The latter also won him the first of his four National Awards.

The 2000s saw Ajay showcase his versatility, moving seamlessly from the role of a gangster in Company to embodying the legendary freedom fighter in The Legend of Bhagat Singh. From action-packed hits like Vijaypath and Jaan to laugh-out-loud comedies like Golmaal and Total Dhamaal, Ajay has proven his range time and again. His portrayal of a righteous cop in Gangaajal set a new benchmark for the role of a heroic officer, one he would later redefine with Rohit Shetty’s Singham.

But Ajay’s talent doesn’t stop at acting. As a producer, he has nurtured his own production house, Ajay Devgn FFilms, since 2000, bringing new stories to life. As a director, he has taken the helm with projects like U Me Aur Hum, Runway 34, and Bholaa.

For his contributions and enduring impact on Indian cinema, not only did he earn numerous accolades including a spot in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list, but was also conferred the Padma Shri in 2016.

Known for his philanthropic efforts, particularly in supporting various social causes, Ajay continues to be a significant figure, who is dedicated to his craft and his known for his ability to connect with audiences.

John Kerry served as the United States’ 68th Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. As America’s top diplomat, he guided the Department’s strategy on nuclear nonproliferation, combating radical extremism, and the threat of climate change. His tenure was marked by the successful negotiation of the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris Climate Agreement. On January 20, 2021, he was sworn in as our nation’s inaugural Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and the first-ever Principal to sit on the National Security Council entirely dedicated to climate change. President Biden announced Kerry would have a seat at every table around the world as he combats the climate crisis to meet the existential threat that we face.

From 1985 to 2013, he served as a U.S. Senator representing Massachusetts, and was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2009 to 2013. Secretary Kerry served in the U.S. Navy, completing two combat tours of duty in Vietnam for which he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star with Combat V, and three Purple Hearts. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his law degree from Boston College Law School.

Secretary Kerry is the best-selling author of A Call to Service, This Moment on Earth with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, and his 2018 memoir, Every Day Is Extra, which The New York Times described as “a bittersweet reminder of what the country once demanded of its leaders.”

Secretary Kerry was the Democratic Party’s nominee for President of the United States in 2004. On May 3rd 2024, Secretary Kerry was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his lifelong commitment to public service.

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Indian multinational Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 40 countries across six continents. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA degree from the London Business School.

Mr. Birla chairs the Boards of all major Group companies in India and globally including Novelis Inc., Birla Carbon, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Domsjö Fabriker, Terrace Bay Pulp Mill, Hindalco Industries Ltd., Grasim Industries Ltd., UltraTech Cement Ltd., Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. and Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. In the 28 years, at the helm of the Group, he has accelerated growth, built meritocracy and enhanced stakeholder value. In the process he has raised the Group’s turnover by well over 30x to $65 billion.

He has been the architect of over 40 successful acquisitions by the Group in India and abroad, the highest by any Indian multinational. Key acquisitions include Aleris Corporation, Novelis, the second largest acquisition ever by an Indian company, Columbian Chemicals, Domsjö Fabriker, CTP GmbH – Chemicals & Technologies, Jaypee Cement, Binani Cement, Larsen & Toubro's cement division, Indal from Alcan, Madura Garments, the Chlor Alkali division of Kanoria Chemicals and Solaris Chemtech Industries. Mr. Birla has restructured the businesses to emerge as a global leader in the sectors in which the Group operates. Under his stewardship, Aditya Birla Group enjoys a position of leadership in all the major sectors in which it operates — from cement to chemicals, metals to textiles and fashion to financial services. Anchored by an extraordinary force of 187,000 employees belonging to 100 different nationalities, over the years Mr. Birla has built a highly successful meritocratic organisation.

Under his leadership, in 2020, Aditya Birla Group was recognised as among the Forbes World’s Best Employers 2020. In 2018, it was also recognised as ‘The Best Employers to work for in India’ by AON – Hewitt. The Group topped Nielsen's Corporate Image Monitor 2014-15 and emerged as the Number 1 corporate, the 'Best in Class', three times in a row.

Outside the Group, Mr. Birla has held several key positions on various regulatory and professional Boards. He was a Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India. He was Chairman of the Advisory Committee constituted by the Ministry of Company Affairs and also served on The Prime Minister of India’s Advisory Council on Trade and Industry. As the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Committee on Corporate Governance, he authored the First Report on Corporate Governance that crafted foundational principles of corporate governance. Its recommendations were path breaking and became the basis of corporate governance norms. Furthermore, as the Convener of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Administrative and Legal Simplifications, the extensive recommendations made by him in his report, have been implemented in totality. Mr. Birla also served as the Chairman of SEBI’s committee on Insider Trading which formulated corporate governance principles for Indian corporates. Mr. Birla is also the first Industrialist to be conferred Honorary membership by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). He is on the National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Apex Advisory Council of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.

Mr. Birla is deeply engaged with educational institutions. He is the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. Mr. Birla is Chairman, Governing Council of BITSoM, a new age business school based in Mumbai.

On the global arena, Mr. Birla serves on the London Business School’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board and is an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School. In 2019, Mr. Birla constituted a £15 million scholarship programme at the London Business School in memory of his grandfather, Mr. B.K. Birla, marking the largest ever endowed scholarship gift to a European Business School.

A firm practitioner of the trusteeship concept, Mr. Birla has institutionalised the concept of caring and giving at Aditya Birla Group. With his mandate, the Group is involved in meaningful welfare driven activities that distinctively impact the quality of life of weaker sections of society around the world.

Liz Truss served as the 56th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – the first British Prime Minister to have been educated at a state Comprehensive school. She is a long-standing advocate for limited government, low taxes and freedom both at home in the UK and around the world. The Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk since 2010, she continuously held ministerial office for more than ten years between 2012 and 2022 and, after an initial spell as a junior education minister, sat at the Cabinet table in six different roles, prior to becoming Prime Minister: Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Chief Secretary to the Treasury; Secretary of State for International Trade; and Foreign Secretary – as well as Minister for Women and Equalities.

It was following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union that Liz was appointed Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade, in which role she established the UK’s first independent tariff regime in more than 40 years as the country once again took its own seat at the World Trade Organisation. She signed dozens of key trade deals with important partners such as Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, kicked off negotiations with the US and submitted the UK’s application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.

In her role as Minister for Women and Equalities, she stood up against identity politics and cancelled plans for gender self-identification without medical checks. She promoted a Conservative approach to equality based on ‘the core principles of freedom, choice, opportunity, and individual humanity and dignity’.

In September 2021 Liz was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, where she acted as a galvanising force for Global Britain, building relationships with allies around the world. She secured the release of British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from an Iranian jail after nearly six years in captivity. With responsibility for post-Brexit relations with the European Union, Liz also introduced the legislation to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol.

At the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, she promoted the development of a network of liberty, bringing together freedom-loving nations around the globe in challenging authoritarian regimes. She took to task the Chinese Government over its threats to national security and actions in Hong Kong and towards Taiwan; and then, after eyeballing Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting in Moscow to warn of the consequences of invading Ukraine, she imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia following its defiant action.

She branded Putin’s regime ‘an international pariah’ when she summoned Russia’s Ambassador to the UK to the Foreign Office and swiftly became a leading figure in the international alliance providing support to Ukraine and its people in their hour of need, including ensuring that the UK was the first country in Europe to send weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces.

Following Boris Johnson’s resignation in July 2022, Liz entered the race to become leader of the Conservative Party and succeed him as Prime Minister, winning an overwhelming mandate from Conservative Party members and the support of the majority of MPs declaring a preference during the final stage. She entered Downing Street with a bold and radical plan to grow the economy and rescue the country from economic stagnation.

But the following two months were to prove both a momentous and tempestuous period: she took immediate and decisive action to support people and businesses with their energy bills, to accelerate domestic energy supply and to increase the UK’s energy resilience. However, just two days after she entered Downing Street, the country was rocked by the death of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III acceded to the throne.

After leading the nation in mourning Her Late Majesty, Liz set about implementing her Plan for Growth, including a raft of tax cuts to kick-start economic growth, deregulation and reforms to boost productivity. However, she faced huge resistance from those who wanted to maintain the status quo and reached the conclusion that she could not deliver the mandate on which she had been elected and therefore stepped down.

She continues to serve as a Member of Parliament, drawing on her experience in government to contribute to national and international politics.

Anil Agarwal is the Founder of Vedanta Group and the Non-Executive Chairman of Vedanta Limited. Mr. Agarwal has also been the Executive Chairman of Vedanta Resources since 2005.

Under his visionary leadership, the Vedanta Group has over the past 25 years grown into one of the foremost diversified mining, metals, hydrocarbons, and technology groups in the world, with global industry-leading positions across Zinc, Silver, Aluminium, and growing presence across Nickel, Cobalt, Ferrochrome, Manganese, and metal recycling.

The Group also houses India’s largest private upstream producer of hydrocarbons, enjoys a leading presence in the Indian Copper, Iron Ore and Steel, and Power generation sectors, and has growing interests in power transmission, renewables, technology, optical fibre, and display glass. The Group also plans to soon foray into semiconductors, all of which are sectors crucial to the growth and development of the Indian economy.

In addition to operations in India, Vedanta also has a considerable footprint in the mineral-rich African continent, a deepening footprint in the Middle East, significant plants in Europe, a diversified portfolio of technology products developed in Taiwan, and a growing customer base in the Americas.

Mr. Agarwal believes businesses must give back to society and help them prosper, and hence, he has signed The Giving Pledge, a movement of global philanthropists who have committed to giving away most of their wealth towards philanthropic and charitable causes.

The Anil Agarwal Foundation, the platform through which Mr. Agarwal directs his social giving, is committed to empowering communities, transforming lives, and facilitating nation-building through sustainable and inclusive growth. The Foundation’s flagship project, Nand Ghar, is committed to developing model ‘Anganwadis’ across India that are focussed on eradicating childhood hunger and malnutrition, providing education and healthcare to children at the grassroots level and empowering women with a range of skills development programmes. Over 6500 Nand Ghars have been set up and are supported across India today.

Priya Agarwal Hebbar is the Chairperson of Hindustan Zinc Limited, India’s largest and world’s 2nd largest integrated Zinc producer and is also the Non-Executive Director at Vedanta Ltd, world's leading natural resources conglomerate.

As Chairperson HZL, Priya has been key in leading a robust growth plan for the organisation. Under her leadership HZL reported a record-breaking year surpassing production of 1 million tonne of refined metal. Given the push from Priya on investing in world class technology for maximum metal recovery, and digitization of the mining and smelting operations – HZL achieved highest-ever mined metal production in the first quarter of 2023 at 257kt.

Further, as part of Priya’s vision to reduce import dependency of silver, used heavily in the production of medical equipment and solar panels, HZL is establishing a best-in-class Fumer to extract maximum metal content through which the organisation will be able to produce additional silver in Hydro 2 plant.

Further, in addition to her role as Chairperson HZL, Priya is also the anchor of Vedanta’s ESG transformation. She is passionate about nature conservation, animal welfare, child nutrition and gender parity which has driven her to lead a variety of CSR initiatives. Under Priya’s leadership, the Anil Agarwal Foundation (AAF), the philanthropic arm of Vedanta, has invested around USD 240 million towards socio-economic development in India touching the lives of around fifty million people across 1300 villages in India and has pledged USD 600 million over the next 5 years towards social impact projects. Vedanta has modernized over 4000 anganwadis across the country through its flagship project Nand Ghar which aims to ensure opportunities for seven crore children and 2 crore women even in the remotest parts of the country. Nand Ghar reimagines the anganwadi network with state-of-the-art infrastructure powered with 24x7 solar electricity, clean hygienic toilets, water purifiers and provides best in class services for e-learning based pre-school education, wholesome nutrition, health, hygiene, and women empowerment.

Priya has also led the development & implementation of a groupwide inclusion policy for its transgender employees in an effort to promote inclusivity and diversity at workplace. As part of the comprehensive policy, Vedanta is extending additional medical benefits in terms of a 30-day gender affirmation leave and financial support of up to ₹2 lakh for gender affirmation surgery, the company said in a statement.

Following her love for animals, in 2010, Priya founded YODA - Youth Organization in Defence of Animals, today the largest animal welfare organization in Maharashtra with focus on rehabilitation of injured, sick, and abandoned stray animals, rehabilitating over 3000 animals each month. It partners with the local municipality to vaccinate and sterilize around 600 animals each month. YODA ensures the adoption of over 4000 shelter animals every year, providing 24/7 ambulance services across the city of Mumbai with fully equipped ambulances to conduct emergency treatments on spot. It aims to reduce rabies, ensure stray population control in Maharashtra, and promotes community awareness and education through school outreach to instill sensitivity towards animals in young children.

Priya is also leading India's first state-of-the-art animal welfare project TACO - The Animal Care Organization, under AAF which will bring leading academicians, veterinary professionals, and communities together to create a more holistic approach to animal care in India. TACO also supports tiger conservation efforts and provides infrastructural support to the Ranthambore National Park in collaboration with the Government of Rajasthan.

With focused action plans on decarbonization, water positivity, workplace safety, community welfare and workforce diversity, Priya’s leadership is driving Vedanta on a transformative journey to emerge as an industry leader in ESG.

Professor and System Chair, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology Mount Sinai Health System, Chair of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital Director of Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Surgeon-in-Chief of the Tisch Cancer Hospital at The Mount Sinai Hospital

Dr. Ash Tewari, a globally recognized urologic oncology expert and pioneer in robotic surgery, serves as the Professor and System Chair of the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine. He has several leadership roles, such as the Director of the Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute and the Surgeon-in-Chief of the Tisch Cancer Hospital at Mount Sinai Hospital. He has performed over 9,000 robotic surgeries and is a prominent recipient of research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. His research interests include surgical prostate anatomy, genetic risk profiling, epidemiology, racial disparities, risk modeling, and integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare. He is renowned for his nerve-sparing technique, which preserves sexual and urinary function. Dr. Tewari's team at the Milton and Caroll Petrie Department of Urology at Mount Sinai, thanks to a $3.8 million donation from philanthropist Robert F. Smith, has initiated the Mount Sinai Robert F. Smith Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening Unit. It offers services to communities in need and has successfully screened over 5,000 patients since its April 2022 launch. Dr. Tewari, a prolific scholar with over 250 peer-reviewed papers, has been recognized in prestigious lists like America's Top Doctors and New York Magazine's Best Doctors. His notable contributions to urologic oncology earned him the American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award in 2012 and the first Golden Robot Surgical Award for Excellence in Surgical Innovations for Cancer Patients, presented by Merryl and James Tisch, Co-Chairman of the Boards of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Health System.

Dr. Manish Gupta is a Director at Google DeepMind, leading teams conducting AI research across India and APAC. Previously, Manish has led VideoKen, a video technology startup, and the research centers for Xerox and IBM in India. As a Senior Manager at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, Manish led the team developing system software for the Blue Gene/L supercomputer. IBM was awarded a National Medal of Technology and Innovation for Blue Gene by the then US President Barack Obama in 2009. Manish holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He has co-authored about 75 papers, with more than 8,000 citations in Google Scholar, and has been granted 19 US patents. While at IBM, Manish received two Outstanding Technical Achievement Awards, an Outstanding Innovation Award and the Lou Gerstner Team Award for Client Excellence. Manish is a Fellow of ACM and the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and a recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Delhi.

Akshay Kumar is one of India's most celebrated and versatile actors, with a career spanning over three decades in the global entertainment industry. Also being a successful film producer, Kumar has transcended cultural boundaries to become a household name not only in India but also among international audiences. He has acted in over 160 films in various Indian languages, many of which have redefined Indian cinema's approach to storytelling, particularly with socially relevant and family-friendly themes. His films have collectively grossed over $2 billion at the global box office, with many achieving blockbuster status both domestically and internationally. His successful production company, Cape of Good Films, has produced a range of widely acclaimed films across various genres.

Akshay Kumar's talent and contributions have been widely recognized with numerous accolades. He won the prestigious National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Rustom (2016) and the National Award for the Best Film on social causes as a producer of Padman (2018). He was also awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour, in recognition of his contributions to Indian cinema by the Government of India.

Kumar is also an immensely recognized face in the global brand world, having endorsed over 50 leading international and Indian brands, including multinational giants.

In 2022, Kumar was recognised by the Income Tax Department for being among the highest tax payers in India, and the highest among the entertainment celebrities.

Beyond entertainment, Kumar is also deeply committed to philanthropy, having donated over $10 million to various causes, including disaster relief, health, education, and the welfare of society. Kumar has partnered with the Government of India on several key national campaigns. He spearheads the ‘Bharat ke Veer’ mission of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in providing crowdfunded financial assistance to the next of kin of martyred Indian soldiers.

Revathi Advaithi is chief executive officer of Flex, the advanced, end-to-end manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, source, build, deliver, and manage products that improve the world.

Since 2019, Ms. Advaithi has led Flex’s workforce spanning 30 countries in a transformation to define a new era in manufacturing. Under her leadership, Flex is focused on driving technology innovation, supply chain resilience, and responsible, sustainable manufacturing solutions across various industries and end markets.

Prior to Flex, Ms. Advaithi was president and chief operating officer for the electrical sector business at Eaton, with corporate responsibility for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. During her tenure, she led several strategic initiatives, including igital technology transformation and globally distributed innovation centers.

In addition to her time at Eaton, Ms. Advaithi worked at Honeywell for six years in leadership roles spanning manufacturing, procurement, supply chain, and sourcing.

She is widely recognized as a strong advocate for collaboration between the private and public sectors to advance manufacturing, which has resulted in her appointment to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations by the President of the United States and the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness. Ms. Advaithi is also a co-chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Advanced Manufacturing CEO Community and a member of the WEF Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Uber, Catalyst. org, and the MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board, and is a member of the Business Roundtable and Catalyst CEO Champions For Change. Ms. Advaithi has been recognized as one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business and was listed n the inaugural CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list.

She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India, and holds an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Balbir Singh Dhillon took over as the Head of Audi India on 1ST September 2019. He has a rich experience of the automotive business, gained in a career span of over 23 years holding multiple leadership & senior management positions in the industry. He brings with him a broad range of experience in sales, business development and major market expansions, focused on entrepreneurship and business-management to drive revenues and market share.

Driven with a clear vision, Balbir has effectively led, trained and coached national and international teams, cultivating excellent relationships with the Head Office, business partners and suppliers while putting organisation’s on a sustainable and profitable growth trajectory.

Balbir headed the Network Development team at Audi India since August 2018 when he joined the company for his second stint. In this position, he was responsible for Network Development, heading four key verticals including Network/Projects Management, Dealer Quality (Sales and After-sales) and Manpower Training.

Prior to that, he served as the Sales Director with Audi Middle East, Dubai, heading Sales Operations for the Audi Brand in the Middle East (ME) markets spearheading the retail, corporate & fleet business, pre-owned cars and sales planning.

Balbir first joined Audi India in November 2007 as Regional Sales Manager for the North- East of India, heading Sales and Marketing operations for the respective region. He established Audi as the market leader in Delhi/NCR with more than 50% market share by enabling corporate sales in the National Capital Region. He was then given the responsibility of Head of Sales Field Force, where he was responsible for the Regional Sales Managers to manage Dealer Partners, retail volumes, market share, target settings, tactical support, and workforce recruitment. Guided by a philosophy that prioritises big-picture thinking, Balbir was instrumental in scaling Audi India’s Sales operations significantly, between 2007 and 2012. In other stints, Balbir has held various roles including Head of Sales and Network Development in Porsche India and Regional Head for Sales with Honda Cars India in addition to working with TAFE India and Larsen & Toubro Limited, India at the start of his career.

Balbir packs in technical, managerial and financial knowledge having completed his Mechanical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh and later a program on Finance from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow. Balbir is married and has two daughters. He is proficient in English, Hindi and Punjabi. He unwinds listening to old Hindi classics as well as watching movies.

Arvind Narayanan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University and the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. He is a co-author of the book AI Snake Oil and a newsletter of the same name which is read by 40,000 researchers, policy makers, journalists, and AI enthusiasts. He previously co-authored two widely used computer science textbooks: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies and Fairness in Machine Learning. Narayanan led the Princeton Web Transparency and Accountability Project to uncover how companies collect and use our personal information. His work was among the first to show how machine learning reflects cultural stereotypes, and his doctoral research showed the fundamental limits of de-identification. Narayanan was one of TIME's inaugural list of 100 most influential people in AI. He is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).

Sreejesh remains a symbol of the undying spirit of a warrior who dared to dream, and more importantly, made those dreams come true. A custodian, a captain, and above all, a legend. He has tasted victory and embraced the pain of defeat, each time rising higher, forging a legacy not merely in medals but in moments that have left an indelible mark on the annals of Indian sport

Walter Russell Mead is the Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship at Hudson Institute, the Global View Columnist at The Wall Street Journal and the Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. He is also a member of Aspen Institute Italy and board member of Aspenia. Before joining Hudson, Mr. Mead was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations as the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy. He has authored numerous books, including the widely-recognized Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004). Mr. Mead’s most recent book is entitled The Arc of A Covenant: The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022).