The Carolinas Committee on U.S.-Arab Relations (CCUSAR), with Dr. Joe P. Dunn serving as Director, is an affiliate of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Dr. Dunn is an alumni of the Malone Fellowship in Arab and Islamic Studies Program, the coordinator of the Southeast Model Arab League, and the faculty advisor heading the Converse College Model Arab League program. CCUSAR recently published its Spring 2013 “NEWSLINES” newsletter featuring:
- Dr. Dunn’s reflections on a recent visit to Iraqi Kurdistan;
- a Converse College student’s reflections on a National Council Model Arab League study visit to Saudi Arabia;
- highlights from the 2013 Southeast and National Model Arab Leagues;
- a story about Converse College hosting a delegation of Jordanian students; and
- a book review of The Arab Spring: Change and Resistance in the Middle East, edited by Mark L. Haas and David W. Lesch.
The full issue of CCUSAR’s Spring 2013 NEWSLINES is available for download through the link immediate below.
DOWNLOAD “CCUSAR NEWSLINES (Spring 2013)” (.pdf file)
On April 11, 2013, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and the U.S.-GCC Corporate Cooperation Committee hosted a public affairs briefing on “Rhetoric and Reality in Arab-U.S. Energy Relations” at the offices of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Washington, DC. Participating specialists were Mr. John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive of Citizens for Affordable Energy and former President of Shell Oil Company; Professor Paul Sullivan, Professor of Economics at National Defense University and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University; and Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome, President of Fahmy Hudome International and former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy.
