National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

2021 Internship and Summer Scholars Program

Work experience, an academic seminar, and policymaking explorations during 10-week Summer 2021 program. Read More
Energy Transition in the Middle East: Outlook for 2040

National Council Scholar-in-Residence Joshua Yaphe explores medium and long-term energy dynamics. Read More
At the Cutting Edge: The National Council’s Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League

Effectiveness in policymaking is not achieved by spectators. Read More
Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

Watch/listen to proceedings on "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship." Read More
The Road of Interdependence

H.E. Dr. Abdullatif Al Zayani outlines a vision for enhancing peace, stability, and prosperity in the Middle East and North Africa region. Read More
Madain Saleh: One Of Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Treasures

Paige Peterson explores Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in a visually stunning photo essay. Read More

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Recent National Council Publications

Energy Transition in the Middle East: Outlook for 2040
Joshua Yaphe
Council Kicks Off Summer Educational and Career Exploration Program for Students
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Spring 2021 "NEWSLINES" Newsletter
Dr. Joe P. Dunn & the Carolinas Committee on U.S.-Arab Relations
Gulf Security Architectures: Process and Structure
Joshua Yaphe
The Road of Interdependence
H.E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
The 1990-1991 Kuwait Crisis Remembered: Profiles in Statesmanship
Dr. John Duke Anthony
Madain Saleh: An Archeological Marvel in the Saudi Arabian Desert
Paige Peterson

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"Iran and U.S. Strategy: Looking Beyond the JCPOA" Online Presentation & Discussion

On July 20, 2021, the National Council hosted an online discussion exploring "Iran and U.S. Strategy: Looking Beyond the JCPOA." The featured specialist was Center for Strategic and International Studies Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman. Dr. John Duke Anthony and Mr. David Des Roches joined him for the program.

Read Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman's Report "Iran and U.S. Strategy: Looking beyond the JCPOA"

Audio and video recordings of the program are available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

"Focus on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen" Online Discussion

On June 24, 2021, the National Council and Reconnaissance Research convened a program, "Focus on the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen," featuring U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, USAID Assistant to the Administrator Sarah Charles, and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen David Gressly. Dr. John Duke Anthony and Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk joined them for the discussion.

Audio and video recordings of the program are available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

"Exploring Oman: The Jewel of Arabia" Online Presentation & Discussion

On April 22, 2021, the National Council hosted "Exploring Oman: The Jewel of Arabia," a virtual visit to the Sultanate of Oman. The program highlighted one of the most historically and culturally rich of all Arab and Islamic societies. Council Cultural Affairs Fellow Mr. Badar Al Yazeedi was the featured specialist, and Dr. John Duke Anthony and Professor Linda Pappas Funsch joined him for the presentation and discussion.

A video recording of the program is available on YouTube.

Help Support the National Council's Educational Programs

The National Council depends on its supporters’ contributions to continue its educational programs furthering American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world and Arab-U.S. relations. Making a donation, at whatever level is right for you, will help enable the Council to educate, train, and prepare the emerging Arab-U.S. relations leaders of tomorrow. The Council is recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and contributions are federally tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

The National Council's Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference brings together internationally renowned specialists to analyze, discuss, and debate issues of over-arching importance to the American and Arab people's needs, concerns, interests, and key foreign policy objectives. It is the largest annual gathering in America dedicated to studying, understanding, and promoting the U.S.-Arab relationship.

The 29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference – The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship – was broadcast live online November 17-19, 2020. Audio and video recordings of the program are available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

PLAN AHEAD: The 30th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference will convene, in some form, in Fall 2021.

Watch Conference Videos on YouTube
Podcasts of Conference Sessions: Apple, Spotify, FeedBurner

Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League

The National Council's Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League (YLDP/MAL) holds educational conferences across the United States for students at both the university and high school levels. Through YLDP/MAL, students learn about the politics and history of the Arab world, and the arts of diplomacy and public speech. YLDP/MAL helps prepare students to be knowledgeable, well-trained, and effective citizens as well as civic and public affairs leaders.

Learn more about YLDP/MAL, find a conference near you, and register to participate!

Congressional & Public Affairs Briefings

The National Council periodically sponsors public educational programs on Capitol Hill, around Washington, DC, and online 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.

Student Internship and Summer Scholars Program

The National Council's Internship and Summer Scholars Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship with an organization from the nation’s capital. The program features a demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cross-cultural encounters designed to provide students with a rich and varied experience.

Annual Oman Cultural Immersion Program

The National Council's Malone Fellows in Arab and Islamic Studies Annual Cultural Immersion Program in Oman provides a privileged first hand exposure to one of the most historically and culturally rich of all Arab and Islamic societies. The study visit unfolds primarily in half a dozen different regions outside the Sultanate’s capital of Muscat. It does so in order to allow delegation members to experience the dynamics of what is not only one of the Arab world’s most demographically, geographically, economically, and socially diverse countries. It does so also because of Oman’s position adjacent to the Hormuz Strait, arguably the world’s most strategically vital waterway.