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The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
cordially invites you to a timely discussion on
What You Need to Know Now:
The Arabian Dimension
in Today's Mideast Turmoil
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
12:00 - 2:30 pm
Miller & Chevalier
655 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005-5701
Enter at 1450 G St. NW and check-in at lobby.
Participants include:
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony
President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Dr. Herman Franssen
President, International Energy Associates,
and Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dr. David E. Long
Consultant on Middle East affairs and international terrorism,
and author of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Robert Lacey
Historian and author of The Kingdom and Inside the Kingdom
Mr. Peter A. Iseman
Historian and International Educator
R.S.V.P. (Acceptances Only) promptly via email
to RSVP@ncusar.org
SPACE IS LIMITED - PLEASE RESPOND PROMPTLY.
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WHEN YOU R.S.V.P.:
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The discussion will be held at the Washington, DC office of Miller & Chevalier. Enter at 1450 G St. NW, check-in at the front-desk, and you will be escorted to the room. A government-issued, photo identification is required for entrance. A light lunch will be provided. Members of the media are welcome.
If you have any questions you can call the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations at (202) 293-6466.
Established in 1983, the National Council is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-governmental organization.
Its mission is educating Americans and others about America's relationships and interests with the Arab and Islamic worlds. A fuller description of the Council's numerous projects, programs, events, publications, and activities can be accessed at ncusar.org.
The National Council does not employ or retain a lobbyist.
Please note that this event meets the criteria of a "widely attended event" as defined under the House ethics rules: the event is open to the public and is being actively advertised to an audience of non-Hill staff, with the expectation that more than 25 non-Hill staff will attend. If staffers have further questions, they should contact the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct at (202) 225-7103.
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Dr. John Duke Anthony is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, and currently serves on the United States Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and its subcommittees on Sanctions and Trade and Investment.
For the past 38 years he has been a consultant and regular lecturer on the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf for the Departments of Defense and State.
Dr. Anthony has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Department of Defense's Institute for Security Assistance Management (DISAM) since 1974, and as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies since 2006, where he teaches a course on "Politics of the Arabian Peninsula."
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Dr. Herman Franssen is currently a Senior Director of the Energy Intelligence Group (EIG).
He is also the President of International Energy Associates Inc.; a Senior Fellow with CSIS; an Adjunct Scholar with the Middle East Institute; a Distinguished Associate of the FACTS (Fesharaki and Associates) Global Energy Group; a Visiting Fellow at CGES in London and a Senior Fellow with MEC in London.
Dr. Franssen also serves on the board of a number of academic institutions and publications. Prior to establishing IEA Inc., Dr. Franssen was Senior Economic Advisor of H.E. the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman (1985-1996) and in this capacity helped organize IPEC (Independent Petroleum Exporting Countries), an informal group of 14 oil exporting countries and provinces. |
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Dr. David E. Long is a consultant on Middle East and Gulf affairs and international terrorism. His publications include The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1997 and 2010), Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia (2005),
The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (2002), and Gulf Security in the Twenty-First Century (1998).
Dr. Long has been an adjunct professor at several Washington area universities, including Georgetown, George Washington and American Universities and the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
He has also lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on topics relating to the Islam, the Middle East, and terrorism.
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Mr. Robert Lacey is a British historian noted for his original research, which gets him close to - and often living alongside - his subjects.
In 1978 he took his family to live in Jeddah where he wrote The Kingdom: Arabia & the House of Sa'ud (1982), his acclaimed study of Saudi Arabia in the oil boom.
His recent work Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia (2009) brings the story up to date and has been praised by the Financial Times as "a book of startling insights . . . Lacey's sympathetic engagement with the struggles, triumphs and defeats of average Saudi men and women makes an important contribution to building greater understanding between Saudi Arabia and the West."
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Mr. Peter A. Iseman is a historian and international educator. He has been a longtime commentator on Mideast and Gulf affairs on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered," the "NewsHour," and other notable Britiah and American public television programs.
His articles have appeared in Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, and TIME, among many others.
Over three decades Mr. Iseman has also been a speechwriter for a variety of public figures and statesmen-at-large. As a public speaker before foreign affairs, business, student, and civic audiences, he has lectured in Europe, Japan, and in 47 of the 48 contiguous states.
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About the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations |
Founded in 1983, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is an American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world. The Council has been granted public charity status in accordance with Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The National Council does not employ or retain a lobbyist.
Vision
The National Council's vision is a relationship between the United States and its Arab partners, friends, and allies that rests on as solid and enduring a foundation as possible. Such a foundation, viewed from both ends of the spectrum, is one that would be characterized by strengthened and expanded strategic, economic, political, commercial, and defense cooperation ties; increased joint ventures; a mutuality of benefit; reciprocal respect for each other's heritage and values; and overall acceptance of each other's legitimate needs, concerns, interests, and objectives.
Mission
The National Council's mission is educational. It seeks to enhance American awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the Arab countries, the Mideast, and the Islamic world. Its means for doing so encompass but are not limited to programs for leadership development, people-to-people exchanges, lectures, publications, an annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, and the participation of American students and faculty in Arab world study experiences. As a public service, the Council also serves as an information clearinghouse and participant in national, state, and local grassroots outreach to media, think tanks, and select community, civic, educational, religious, business, and professional associations. In these ways the Council helps strengthen and expand the overall Arab-U.S. relationship.
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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
1730 M St. NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC
Phone: 202-293-6466 | Fax: 202-293-7770
ncusar.org
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