REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES – EVOLVING CONCERNS
Dr. Kathleen Hicks – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces Department of Defense
VIDEO
October 21, 2010
October 21, 2010
AMBASSADOR’S REPORT: Saudi Arabian – U.S. Relations: The Saudi Arabian Ambassador’s View from Washington
H.E. Ambassador Adel A. Al-Jubeir – Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States and Advisor at the Royal Court.
October 21, 2010
OCTOBER 21 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
INTRODUCTIONS:
Dr. John Duke Anthony − President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.) − Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; President, Board of Trustees of Physicians for Peace; Director, American-Bahraini Friendship Society; former Commander, U.S.-Middle East Force; and Director Emeritus, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
SPEAKER: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker – Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University; former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2007-2009); former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (2004-2007); and previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Kuwait, and Lebanon.
October 21, 2010
GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (II):
The Iran Conundrum
CHAIR:
Dr. John Iskander − Chair of Near East and North Africa Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute; Professorial Lecturer at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University; former Professor of Islamic Studies at Georgia State University.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Flynt Leverett − Director, Iran Initiative, Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation.
Mr. Thomas Delare –Director, Terrorism Finance and Sanctions Policy, Economic Bureau, United States Department of State; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; former Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Dr. Trita Parsi − Founder and President of the National Iranian American Council [NIAC]; author of Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel, and the United States and silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations; 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving world Order.
Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman − Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
COMMENTATOR:
Dr. Thomas R. Mattair − Executive Director, Middle East Policy Council; Associate Editor, Middle East Policy.
October 21, 2010
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
DISTINGUISHED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND MULTI-FAITH COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Presented to: Dr. Landrum Bolling
Dr. Landrum Bolling is Director at Large and Senior Advisor to Mercy Corps working out of its Washington, D.C. office. His long career has spanned the academic world − where he was President of Earlham College for fifteen years; the foundation world – where he served as President of the Lilly Endowment, one of the largest grant-making foundations in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations; the world of ecumenical relations – where he was Director of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem; and the world of “non-official” diplomacy – where he has long served as a communications channel between the White House, the State Department, and Palestinian leaders.
October 21, 2010
ARAB-U.S. RELATIONS: Misadventures Past and Present
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. – Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense’s highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of the newly published America’s Misadventures in the Middle East as well as The Diplomat’s Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy.
October 20, 2010
Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer – Fall 2010) (.pdf file)
Includes:
New Book by Peter Gubser: Saladin: Empire and Holy War
Remembering Peter Gubser, 1941-2010
Model Arab League Student Leaders Visit Saudi Arabia
Annual University Summer Student Internship Program Highlights
Latest National Council Congressional and Public Affairs Briefings
President’s Educational Activities
Recommended Reading: Oman Emerges
National Council Welcomes New Members to Board and Staff
July 28, 2010
July 28, 2009
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
In collaboration with the U.S.-Qatar Business Council and the Arab Bankers Association of North America.
Panelists:
Aamir Rehman, Managing Director at Fajr Capital Limited and author of Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States and Gulf Capital & Islamic Finance: The Rise of the New Global Players
Umar Moghul, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP and co-chair of the firm’s Islamic Finance and Investments Group
Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and author of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy
Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer at Shariah Capital
Frank Vogel, Professor Harvard Law School and author of The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress and Islamic Law and Legal System: Studies of Saudi Arabia
Moderator:
Jean-François Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
July 12, 2010
Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter – Spring 2010) (.pdf file)
Includes:
Annual University Summer Student Internship Progam Highlights
Model Arab League Program Highlights
United States Military Academy Faculty and Cadets Visit the UAE
Malone Fellowship Annual Oman Culutral Immersion Program
Congressional and Public Affairs Briefings
President’s Educational Services and Publications
June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
The Arab World and the Future of Global Energy Supply: Realities, Risks, and Prospects from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Participating specialists include:
Mr. Guy Caruso, Senior Advisor, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Hon. Molly Williamson, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute; Immediate Past Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy
Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome, President, Fahmy Hudome International; Former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy
Ms. Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
The National Council, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), escorted a delegation of nine Model Arab League students on a cultural immersion study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 6-16, 2010.
Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation Hosts Visit of US Students from NCUSAR Youth Leadership Development Program [Photo]
Follow the student delegation on Andrew Cotton’s blog
A window on the Arab world, Northeastern University News, July 1, 2010
Girl Effect movement sweeping the globe, By Muna Abu Sulayman, Arab News, June 15, 2010
Americans divided over US policies on Israel, say US students, Arab News, June 20, 2010
NCUSAR Visits Jubail Industrial City, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu News, June 21, 2010
Overseas trip changes perceptions of UM-Dearborn student, The Arab American News, October 10, 2010
April 20, 2010
Josh Hilbrand, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations – An Arab diplomat for the weekend (via Common Ground News Service)
April 15, 2010
Read more about the National Council’s Model Arab League Program.
March 31, 2010
March 31, 2010
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speaker:
HRH Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
March 12, 2010
Council Chronicle – Vol. 3, No. 3 (Fall – Winter 2009) (.pdf file)
Includes:
2010 Policymakers Conference – Save the Date
2010 Summer Washington, DC Internship Program
2009 Policymakers Conference Highlights
2009 Policymakers Conference Speakers & Sessions
2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference Sponsors
December 22, 2009
John Duke Anthony – December 10, 2009
December 10, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
Yemen Headlined: Contemporary Myths and Empirical Realities from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Panelists:
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
“ARAB-U.S. RELATIONS: THE WAY FORWARD”
Arab-U.S. Relations: The Way Forward – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Speaker: The Hon. Charles W. (“Chas”) Freeman, Jr. − Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based business development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense’s highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of The Diplomat’s Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy.
October 16, 2009
“THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION:
VIEWS FROM THE ARAB WORLD”
The Obama Administration: Views from the Region – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Chair: Ms. Barbara G.B. Ferguson − Washington Bureau Chief, Arab News; Co-Chair, International Correspondents Committee, The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; author, “Country Reports” on Bahrain, Morocco and Kazakhstan for the Washington Times; embedded war correspondent during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait in 1990-1991 and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
Speakers:
Mr. Ibrahim Helal − Deputy Managing Editor, Al Jazeera Satellite Television, English; former Deputy Managing Director, News and Programs; former Middle East and North Africa Project Director, BBC World Service Trust, responsible for the training and development of Arab media organizations; Editor-in-Chief, Al-Jazeera Arabic Channel (2001-2004); former Head of News, Abu Dhabi TV (2000-2001).
Mr. Hisham Melhem − Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-UAE based satellite channel; former host of Al-Arabiya’s “Across the Ocean”, a weekly current affairs program on U.S.-Arab relations; Correspondent, Annahar, the leading Lebanese daily.
Ms. Nadia Bilbassy-Charters – Chief Correspondent, Middle East Broadcasting Center, Washington, D.C., covering the White House and the State Department; formerly Al-Arabiya Television Diplomatic Correspondent; former Bureau Chief for Middle East Broadcasting Center based in Nairobi, Kenya covering conflicts across the African continent; formerly with both Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) and Agence France Press (AFP).
October 16, 2009
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Oct. 16 Luncheon Keynote Address – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Introductions: Dr. John Duke Anthony – Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Speakers:
H.E. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo − Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States; appointed to Bahrain’s Majlis ash-Shura [National Advisory] Council by His Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad Bin Salman Al-Khalifa where, prior to her appointment as Ambassador she served on the Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs; and former Secretary General of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society.
Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Saeed − Advisor to The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Director, Office of Special Projects for HRH King ‘Abdallah Bin ‘Abdalaziz Al Sa’ud, Custodian of the Two Holy Places and King of Saudi Arabia.
H.E. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo AUDIO (.mp3)
October 16, 2009
“DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION”
Chair: Ms. Harriet Fulbright − President of the J. William and Harriet Fulbright Center, a non-profit organization which serves to continue Ms. Fulbright’s life’s work in global education and to advance the work of her husband, former longtime U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations National Advisory Board Chairman Senator J. William Fulbright.
Speakers:
The Hon. Theodore H. Kattouf − President and Chief Executive Officer, AMIDEAST – America-Mideast Education and Training Services; former United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1998-2001) and Ambassador to Syria (2001-2003); career Foreign Service Officer serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Damascus, Syria and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Juan R.I. Cole − Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; author of, among other works, Engaging the Muslim World, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East, and Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam; blog author, “Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion;” President, Global Americana Institute.
Dr. Mody Al-Khalaf − Director of Cultural and Social Affairs, Saudi Cultural and Educational Mission, Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC;former Professor of Linguistics, Princess Nora University, Prince Sultan University and The Arab Open University, Riyadh; Editor-in-Chief, Al-Mubtaath, a monthly magazine launched in 1978 by the Saudi Cultural Mission covering a range of topics of interest to Saudi students in the United States.
Commentator:
Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Saeed − Advisor to The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Director, Office of Special Projects for HRH King ‘Abdallah Bin ‘Abdalaziz Al Sa’ud, Custodian of the Two Holy Places and King of Saudi Arabia.
October 16, 2009
“DEFENSE COOPERATION –
ENHANCING REGIONAL SECURITY”
Defense Cooperation -– Enhancing Regional Security – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Chair: Mr. Christopher Blanchard − United States Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS), Middle East Policy Analyst, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division; author and co-author of, among other works, numerous CRS studies for the Congress, including reports on the Gulf Security Dialogue and related U.S. arms sales, U.S. relations with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and regional perspectives on the Iraq conflict.
Speakers:
General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) − former Commander, U.S. Central Command, with responsibility for planning and operations for 27 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Horn of Africa. Upon retirement from his long military career, General Hoar formed J.P. Hoar & Associates, a consulting firm engaged in business development in the Middle East and Africa.
Dr. Colin Kahl − Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East; Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; former Senior Fellow, The Center for New American Security; former Council on Foreign Relations Fellow at the U.S. Department of Defense.
Mr. Richard J. Millies − Vice President, International Strategy and Business Development, BAE Systems; former Deputy Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, U.S. Department of Defense; and former Director of Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs.
Commentator:
H.E. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Bin Mutib Al Rumaihi − Foreign Minister’s Assistant for Follow Up Affairs, State of Qatar; Qatar’s Ambassador to France and non-resident Ambassador to Belgium, the Swiss Federation, Luxembourg, and the European Union (2002-2003); Head of the Government Committee for Delineating Maritime Borders and the Working Team of the U.N. Security Council (2006-2007); headed the organizing committees of international conferences such as F77, China 2005, New and Restored Democracies 2006, Gulf Summit 2007, Financing Development Summit 2008, Arab Summit 2009, and the Arab and Latin America Summit 2009; former Major General, Qatari Armed Forces.
“ARAB-U.S. RELATIONS: A VIEW FROM EGYPT”
Speaker: Mr. Amr Ahmed Ramadan – Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt; former Trade Negotiator at the Permanent Mission of Geneva (1999-2004); former Director of three divisions at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs – the International Economic Relations Division, the United Nations Division, and the Arab Levant Division.
U.S.-Arab Relations: A View from the United States Congress – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
October 16, 2009
“U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS: A VIEW FROM THE U.S. CONGRESS”
Chair: Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.) − Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; President, Board of Trustees of Physicians for Peace; Director, American-Bahraini Friendship Society; former Commander, U.S. Middle East Force; and Director Emeritus, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Speaker: Congressman Keith Ellison – Member, United States House of Representatives, representing the Fifth District of Minnesota; Member, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFLP); sits on the House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittees on “Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit” and “Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology”; and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittees on “International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight,” and “Middle East and South Asia.”
October 15, 2009
“GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (IV):
SYRIA AND LEBANON”
Geo-Political Dynamics (IV): Syria and Lebanon – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.
Chair: Ms. Martha Kessler − Former intelligence officer, Central Intelligence Agency working on the Middle East and South Asia; multiple positions throughout the Directorate of Intelligence, serving three tours on the National Intelligence Council; consultant to multiple United States government agencies on the Near East and South Asia; and author of, among other works, Syria: Fragile Mosaic of Power.
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Imad Moustapha − Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United States; former Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Damascus; former consultant to international and regional organizations on science and technology policy in the Middle East.
Dr. Laurie E. King − Former Managing Editor, Journal of Palestine Studies; Adjunct Professor, Arab Studies Program, Georgetown University; and former Professor, Lebanese-American University.
Dr. Graeme Bannerman − International Elections Observer for Lebanon (once) and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (three times); Founder, Bannerman Associates, a political consultancy firm specializing in Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, and other Middle Eastern countries; and former Staff Director, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Committee’s Professional Staff Member for Middle East and South Asia Affairs.
October 15, 2009
“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.
October 15, 2009
“GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (II): ISRAEL AND PALESTINE”
Chair: Dr. Stephen Zunes − Professor of Politics and International Studies and Chair, Middle Eastern Studies Program, University of San Francisco; Senior Policy Analyst for the “Foreign Policy in Focus” project of the Institute for Policy Studies; Associate Editor, Peace Review; Chair, Academic Advisory Committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict; Alumnus, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Malone Fellows in Arab and Islamic Studies Program; and Host of the National Council’s West Coast Model Arab League.
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna − Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United States of America; Member, United Nations International Law Commission; former Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt; former Ambassador of Egypt to Morocco and Yugoslavia; Member, Egyptian delegation involved in reaching the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel.
H.E. Maen Rashid Areikat − Ambassador and Head of Mission, Mission of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States; former Director-General, PLO Negotiations Affairs Department and PLO Negotiations Support Unit.
Dr. Thomas Neu − Executive Director, Friends of UNRWA – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine; former Middle East Representative for ANERA in the Jerusalem office; formerly with the United States Peace Corps and Save the Children.
Mr. Robert Malley − Middle East and North Africa Program Director, International Crisis Group; former Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs; former Executive Assistant to Samuel R. Berger, National Security Advisor; former Director for Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, National Security Council.
October 15, 2009
“AMBASSADOR’S ROUNDTABLE”
Moderator: Mr. Peter J. Robertson − Co-Chairman, of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council; retired Board of Directors Vice Chairman, Chevron Corporation; Chairman, World Affairs Council of Northern California; Board of Directors Vice Chairman, International House, University of California at Berkeley.
Speakers:
H.E. Adel A. Al-Jubeir − Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States; Foreign Policy Adviser to HRH ‘Abdallah Bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Al Sa’ud, Custodian of the Two Holy Places and King of Saudi Arabia.
The Hon. James B. Smith (Brigadier General, USAF, Ret.) − Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; former International Business Development Executive, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems; Distinguished Graduate, The Naval War College, The Air Command and Staff College, and The National War College.
Former United States Ambassadors to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:
The Hon. Walter L. Cutler (1984-1987 and 1988-1989)
The Hon. Charles W. (“Chas”) Freeman, Jr. (1989-1992)
The Hon. Wyche Fowler (1996-2001)
The Hon. James C. Oberwetter (2004-2007)
The Hon. Robert Jordan (2002-2003)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Speaker Introductions: Dr. John Duke Anthony − Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Special Guest: H.E. Mohammed Bin Abdullah Bin Mutib Al Rumaihi − Foreign Minister’s Assistant for Follow Up Affairs, State of Qatar; Qatar’s Ambassador to France and non-resident Ambassador to Belgium, the Swiss Federation, Luxemburg and the European Union (2002-2003); Head of the Government Committee for Delineating Maritime Borders and the Working Team of the UN Security Council (2006-2007); headed the organizing committees of international conferences such as F77, China 2005, New and Restored Democracies 2006, Gulf Summit 2007, Financing Development Summit 2008, Arab Summit 2009 and Arab and Latin America Summit 2009; former Major General, Qatari Armed Forces.
Luncheon Speaker: Admiral William J. Fallon (USN, Ret.) − Distinguished Fellow, Center for Naval Analysis; Robert Wilhelm Fellow, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; (MIT) Center for International Studies; Commander, U.S. Central Command (2007- 2008); former Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (February 2005-March 2007); Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (October 2003-February 2005); and 31st Vice Chief of Naval Operations (October 2000-August 2003).
October 15, 2009
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PIONEERING EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM
Presented to: Ms. Helen Thomas
Ms. Helen Thomas is the dean of the White House press corps. As a White House correspondent, first for United Press International and now for Hearst News Service, Ms. Thomas has covered every U.S. President since John F. Kennedy. Ms. Thomas was the first woman officer of the National Press Club, the first woman officer and later first woman president of the White House Correspondents Association, and the first woman officer and later first woman president of the Gridiron Club. Thomas is the author of Watchdogs of Democracy?: The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public; Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House; Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times; and Dateline: White House. Her latest book, with co-author Craig Crawford, is Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do.
Introduction and Commentary by: Mr. Craig Crawford
Mr. Craig Crawford blogs daily at CQPolitics.com, and his writings appear regularly in newspapers and Web sites throughout the country. A contributing news analyst for MSNBC, he is often featured on a variety of national television and radio programs, such as MSNBC‘s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” and WABC‘s “Imus in the Morning.” Before joining Congressional Quarterly in 2003, Mr. Crawford was Editor-in-Chief ofThe Hotline, an online news digest. Mr. Crawford is the author of Attack the Messenger, The Politics of Life, and, most recently, Listen Up, Mr. President, co-authored with Ms. Helen Thomas.
October 15, 2009
“U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE”
Ambassador Ronald L. Schlicher − Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in the United States Department of State; former Principal Deputy Coordinator of Counterterrorism; U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus (2004-2005); former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (NEA), where he served as Coordinator for Iraq; Director of the Iraq Task Force (2003), U.S. Department of State; served for six months in Iraq with the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), first as Regional Coordinator for the North and then as Director of the Office of Provincial Outreach.
October 15, 2009
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dr. John Duke Anthony – Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Member, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy; Adjunct Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Graduate School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Adjunct Professor, Defense Institute for Security Assistance Management.
Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.) − Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; President, Board of Trustees, Physicians for Peace; Director, American-Bahraini Friendship Society; former Commander, U.S. Middle East Force; and Director Emeritus, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Middle East Aviation – Oman Observed As A Safe Friendly Nation By Westerners. Includes highlights from the National Council’s Annual Malone Oman Cultural Immersion Program.
April 15, 2009
Read more about the National Council’s Model Arab League Program.
HRH Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud – Keynote Address to the Opening Session of the 2009 National University Model Arab League
February 17, 2009
February 17, 2009
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer, Shariah Capital
Mr. Michael McMillen, Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
SLIDES FROM DR. YUSUF TALAL DELORENZO (.pdf)
SLIDES FROM MR. MICHAEL MCMILLEN (.pdf)
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”
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