GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS (I): Iraq
Chair:
Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman - Specialist in Middle East Affairs in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Speakers:
Dr. Eric Davis - Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University; author of Memories of State: Politics, History and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq and the forthcoming Taking Democracy Seriously in Iraq.
Dr. Juan Cole - Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; author of Engaging the Muslim World and Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East; former President, Middle East Studies Association of North America.
Dr. Paul Sullivan - Professor of Economics, Industrial College of Armed Forces, National Defense University; Adjunct Professor of Security Studies and Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University.
Ms. Shameem Rassam - Media Expert and Analyst, Alhurra Television-Iraq.
John Duke Anthony - 20 Years Ago Today
February 28, 2011 marks the anniversary of a momentous event: the reversal of Iraq’s aggression against Kuwait from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991. For Kuwaitis, the citizenry of their fellow GCC members, and people from many other countries, including the United States and other Allied Coalition members, the multifaceted damage inflicted by Iraq in the course of its invasion and occupation of Kuwait unleashed changes from which the world has yet to fully recover.
GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (I):
The Endgame in Iraq
CHAIR:
Mr. Charles Dunne – Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute; former Foreign Policy Adviser to the J-5, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon; former Director for Iraq at the National Security Council.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Michel Gabaudan − President, Refugees International
Mr. Michael Corbin − Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Ms. Manal Omar – Director of Iraq Programs, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, United States Institute of Peace
Mr. Brian Katulis – Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
VIDEO
“GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (III):
IRAQ’S RETURN TO SOVEREIGNTY”
Geo-Political Dynamics (III): Iraq’s Return to Sovereignty – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Chair: Dr. John Duke Anthony – Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Speakers:
H.E. Samir Sumaida’ie − Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the United States; Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations (2004-2006); former Minister of Interior; former member of Governing Council in Iraq – Chairman, Governing Council Media Committee; and Member, Governing Council Security, Finance, and Foreign Relations Committees.
Dr. Rochelle Davis − Assistant Professor of Arab Culture and Society (Anthropology), Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Author of, among other works, “Cultural Sensitivity in Military Occupation: The U.S. Military in Iraq,” in Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency, forthcoming from University of Chicago Press.
Dr. Joseph C. Moynihan − Vice President, Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems with specific responsibility to lead the Electronic Systems Sector’s business development efforts in the Northeast Region of the United States; former Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems Chief Executive for the Arab World and Africa from regional offices located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE); former, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
December 16, 2008
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speaker:
H.E. Samir Shakir M. Sumaida’ie
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
“GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (III): IRAN AND IRAQ“
Chair: Dr. John Duke Anthony − President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Speakers: Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.) − President and Founder of The Scowcroft Group; former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush; concluded a twenty-nine year military career that began with graduation West Point at the rank of Air Force Lieutenant General serving as Deputy National Security Advisor; former Director, Kissinger Associates.
General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) − former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, with responsibility for planning and operations for twenty-seven (27) countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Horn of Africa. Following his retirement the military, General Hoar formed the consulting firm of J.P. Hoar & Associates, which is engaged in business development in the Middle East and Africa.
Mr. Wayne White − Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute and Policy Expert, Middle East Policy Council; former Deputy Director of the Near East and South Asia Office, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State.
Dr. Kenneth Katzman − Senior Middle East Affairs Specialist, Congressional Research Service, United States Congress. Author of numerous and regularly updated briefing reports for Members of the United States Congress on Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the GCC region.
Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft (USAF, Ret.) AUDIO (.mp3)
General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) AUDIO (.mp3)
John Duke Anthony – Gulf-U.S. Relations: Going Where? (via SUSRIS)
John Duke Anthony – Measuring the Iraq War “Accomplishments” Through the Lens of Its Authors: A Preliminary Assessment (.pdf file), International Axis for Peace Conference, Brussels, Belgium, November 17, 2005.
TRANSCRIPT (.pdf file)
Iraq According to Al-Jazeerah, U.S. Senator John S. McCain, and Dr. John Duke Anthony (.pdf file).
U.S. Senator John S. McCain delivered a major address on Iraq on November 5, 2003, when he spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). His remarks were “on the record.” The Senator’s remarks and recommendations were the subject of much comment and analysis in the mainstream American media, including the major Sunday television network talk shows. Immediately following the Senator’s address and the discussion that ensued, Qatar’s Al-Jazeerah, the Arab world’s foremost satellite television network, interviewed CFR member Dr. John Duke Anthony.
John Duke Anthony – In the Wake of ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’: Views from the Region (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – Possible Regional Ripple Effects From Iraq (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – Iraq: Weighing the Implications of the Unexpected (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – Diplomacy and Weaponry’s ‘Tug of War’ (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – The Rift in NATO: Implications for the Alliance (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – What’s Going On? Bush’s Meeting with Blair in Context (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – A View of the UNMOVIC/IAEA Briefing to the UN Security Council (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – Iraq and the United States: How Threatening a Storm? (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony – Eleven Years Ago Today (.pdf file)
