Our guest in this THE QUEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE episode is Aaron David Miller. He was a U.S. mediator for peace in the Middle East for 25 years, and among his 5 books is The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace. He is now a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focused on American foreign policy.

Miller also wrote The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President (published in 2014), and he engages with Arie and Dan in a lively discussion of the Significance aspects of his findings -- that no one these days can match Washington, Lincoln, and FDR.

Miller and the hosts of the podcast, Kruglanski and Raviv, all reside in the Washington DC area and consider whether that uniquely competitive and combative environment needs greater understanding of the Quest for Sigificance: just as we all can succeed if we recognize our own values and needs, and observe and listen to everyone around us to understand theirs.

Give your workmates, neighbors, and everyone in your family and in your community a measure of Significance (based on what they value), and you will likely enjoy respect and dignity reflected back upon you!

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This podcast series is based on a book by Dr. Arie Kruglanski and Dan Raviv, The Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round, published in 2025 by Routledge.

Arie Kruglanski is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland and author of countless books, articles, and studies that have made him one of the world's leading experts on human motivation. He has been honored by the American Psychological Association for distinguished scientific contributions, and received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science. One of his most recent books is Uncertain: How to Turn Your Biggest Fear Into Your Greatest Power.

Dan Raviv was a CBS News correspondent, covering big stories worldwide for more than 40 years. He co-authored a national best selling book, Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community. His most recent book about Israeli security and espionage, also co-authored with Yossi Melman, is Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars. He is based in Washington, DC. You can hear his weekly podcast, THE MOSSAD FILES.

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