ENERGY: Sources, Supply, and Security
CHAIR:
Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome − President, Fahmy Hudome International; former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy; Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Herman Franssen − President, International Energy Associates and Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies [CSIS].
Mr. Jay Pryor − Chevron Corporation, Vice President for Corporate Business Development.
Ms. Rayola Dougher – Senior Economic Advisor, American Petroleum Institute.
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GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (III):
The Palestinian Future – Impediments to Peace and Possibilities for Progress
CHAIR:
Mr. William Corcoran − President, ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid).
SPEAKERS:
Ms. Kathleen Christison − former Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency; Author,Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy; The Wound of Dispossession: Telling the Palestinian Story; and, Palestine in Pieces: Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation.
Dr. Sara Roy − Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.
Mr. Andrew Whitley − Director, UNRWA Representative Office, New York.
Ms. Barbara Lubin – Founder and Executive Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance.
COMMENTATORS:
H.E. Sameh Shoukry − Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United States.
H.E. Maen Areikat − Representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Lieutenant General John R. Allen − Deputy Commander, United States Central Command.
GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES: WHAT FUTURE ARAB EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS?
CHAIR:
Ms. Anne Joyce – Vice President, Middle East Policy Council; Editor, Middle East Policy.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Mody Al Khalaf − Director of Social and Cultural Affairs, Saudi Cultural Mission, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.
Ms. Magali Rheault − Senior Analyst with the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies.
Ms. Maggie Mitchell Salem − Executive Director of Qatar Foundation International; former Regional Director for the MENA region at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems; first Director of Communications and External Relations for the Middle East Institute; former Foreign Service Officer, United States Department of State.
COMMENTATOR:
Mr. John Moran – Career Member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service, United States Department of State; Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
DEFENSE COOPERATION
CHAIR:
Secretary William S. Cohen − Chairman and Chief Executive of the Cohen Group; former United States Secretary of Defense (1997-2001).
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman− Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Adjunct Professor in National Security Affairs, Georgetown University.
Mr. Joseph McMillan − Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Department of Defense.
Mr. Christopher Blanchard − Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs, Congressional Research Service.
COMMENTATORS:
Major General Mohammed Elkeshky − Defense Attaché of Egypt to the United States and Canada.
General Joseph P. Hoar (USMC, Ret.) – Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command.
REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES – EVOLVING CONCERNS
Dr. Kathleen Hicks – Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces Department of Defense
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer – Fall 2010) (.pdf file)
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
Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter – Spring 2010) (.pdf file)
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
The Hon. 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
The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led an April 17-25, 2010 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for seven Cadets and one faculty member from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York.
COUNCIL CHRONICLE RECAP (.pdf – page 3)
Josh Hilbrand, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations – An Arab diplomat for the weekend (via Common Ground News Service)
Read more about the National Council’s Model Arab League Program.
