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Congressional & Public Affairs Briefings

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations periodically sponsors public educational programs on Capitol Hill and around Washington, DC where an assemblage of domestic and internationally renowned specialists analyze, discuss, and debate issues of importance to the relationship between the U.S. and the Arab countries, the Middle East, and the Islamic World. These events examine how best to strengthen and expand mutual Arab-U.S. trust, confidence, and benefits while examining a range of complex issues, interests, and policies.

 
UPCOMING:
 

March 31, 2010
A Conversation with His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

TRANSCRIPT EVENT FLYER

 

 
 
RECENT BRIEFINGS:
 

December 22, 2009
Report from the Gulf Cooperation Council's Ministerial and Heads of State Summit in Kuwait, December 2009:
What Did and Did Not Happen and What Next?

VIDEO C-SPAN VIDEO
MP3 AUDIO AUDIO - Part 1 (.mp3)
MP3 AUDIO AUDIO - Part 2 (.mp3)
TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT COMING SOON
TRANSCRIPT 'HOW' QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION

Featured Speaker:
> Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

 

 

 

December 10, 2009
Yemen Headlined:
Contemporary Myths and Empirical Realities

VIDEO VIDEO
MP3 AUDIO AUDIO - Part 1 (.mp3)
MP3 AUDIO AUDIO - Part 2 (.mp3)
TRANSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY RECAP
TRANSCRIPT REMARKS REFERENCED BY AMB. JAMES LAROCCO

Participating panelists include:
> Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Director, Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative, Princeton University, and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen
> Dr. Christopher Boucek, Associate in the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
> Mr. Gregory Johnsen, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University; Co-Founder, Waq al-Waq: Islam and Insurgency in Yemen Blog; and former Fulbright and American Institute for Yemen Studies Fellow in Yemen
> Ambassador James A. Larocco, Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defense, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait
> Dr. Mustafa Alani, Senior Advisor and Research Program Director, Gulf Research Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Moderator:
> Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; former Fulbright Fellow in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen; and one of two Americans to have served as an official observer for all four of Yemen's presidential and parliamentary elections

 

 

 

February 17, 2009
Islamic Finance and the Global Economic Crisis

TRANSCRIPT EVENT FLYER
TRANSCRIPT SLIDES FROM DR. YUSUF TALAL DELORENZO (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT SLIDES FROM MR. MICHAEL MCMILLEN (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT DIPLOMATIC CONNECTIONS RECAP (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT PHOTOS FROM EVENT

Featured Speakers:
> Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer, Shariah Capital
> Mr. Michael McMillen, Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Moderator:
> Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, NCUSAR

Background Information:
 •  CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE: "ISLAMIC FINANCE: OVERVIEW AND POLICY CONCERNS" (.pdf)
•  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "OVERVIEW OF ISLAMIC FINANCE" (.pdf)
•  ERNST & YOUNG: "ISLAMIC FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS REPORT" (.pdf)
•  GULF ONE INVESTMENT BANK: "ISLAMIC FINANCE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES"

 

 

 

December 16, 2008
A Conversation with H.E. Samir Shakir M. Sumaida'ie, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States

VIDEO C-SPAN VIDEO
TRANSCRIPT EVENT PROGRAM (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT EVENT TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)
TRANSCRIPT WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS ARTICLE

Featured Speaker: H.E. Samir Shakir M. Sumaida'ie
Moderator: Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, NCUSAR    

 

 

 

December 2, 2008
A Conversation With
His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud

TRANSCRIPT WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS ARTICLE

Featured Speaker: HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud
Moderator: Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, NCUSAR    

 

 

 

June 5, 2008
The Implications of Sovereign Wealth Funds
For American Interests and U.S. Policies

Featured Speakers:
> Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA)
Co-Chair of the House Sovereign Wealth Funds Task Force
> Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA)
Co-Chair of the House Sovereign Wealth Funds Task Force
> Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Official Designee of the House Committee on
Financial Services to the Sovereign Wealth Funds Task Force
Presider:
> Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, NCUSAR

 

 

 

April 1, 2008
Changing Dynamics of U.S.-Mideast Defense Relations: Withdraw? Downsize? Remain Engaged?
Redeploy? Reconfigure?

TRANSCRIPT WASHINGTON REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS ARTICLE

Featured Speaker: General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.)
Introduction by: Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA)
Presider: Dr. John Duke Anthony, President and CEO, NCUSAR

 

 

 

March 19, 2008
Energy Interdependence versus Independence:
Rhetoric & Reality

Featured Speakers:
> The Honorable Karen Harbert, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy
> Dr. Herman Franssen, President, International Energy Associates & Senior Associate, CSIS Energy and National Security Program

 

 

The National Council does not employ or retain a lobbyist. Please note that these events meet the criteria of a "widely attended event," as defined under the new House ethics rules: the events are open to the public and are actively advertised to an audience of non-Hill staff, with the expectation that more than 25 non-Hill staff will attend. If Hill staffers have further questions, they should contact the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct at (202) 225-7103.