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  • Kadhimi at 100 Days: Chances for Success in Baghdad

    Kadhimi at 100 Days: Chances for Success in Baghdad

    National Council Scholar-in-Residence Joshua Yaphe and Jaafar Altaie analyze political and economic dynamics in Iraq. Read More
  • Eye on Oman: Constancy Amid Modernization and Development

    Eye on Oman: Constancy Amid Modernization and Development

    Watch/listen to a National Council discussion exploring dynamics in Oman and the Oman-U.S. relationship. Read More
  • The Road of Interdependence

    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
  • Strategic Dynamics of Iran’s Continuing Asymmetric Warfare

    Strategic Dynamics of Iran’s Continuing Asymmetric Warfare

    Listen to a National Council public affairs briefing on the implications of ongoing tensions with Iran. Read More
  • At the Cutting Edge: The National Council’s Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League

    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
  • Madain Saleh: One Of Saudi Arabia’s Hidden Treasures

    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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"Vision or Mirage Book Discussion & Perspectives on U.S. Relationships in Arabia and the Gulf" Online Conversation

On September 10, 2020, the National Council convened a "Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads Book Discussion and Perspectives on United States Relationships in Arabia and the Gulf" online briefing program. Featured specialists included the author of Vision or Mirage, Mr. David H. Rundell, together with Ambassador (Ret.) Michael Gfoeller and Dr. John Duke Anthony.

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

 

"Search for a Solution to the Crisis in Libya" Roundtable Discussion

The National Council convened a roundtable discussion exploring dynamics in Libya titled "Beyond the Proxy War" on August 18, 2020. Featured specialists included Dr. Virginie Collombier, Mr. Jalel Harchaoui, Mr. Jonathan M. Winer, Dr. William Lawrence, and Dr. John Duke Anthony.

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

 

Help Support the National Council's Educational Programs

NCUSAR's Annual Arab-US Policymakers ConferenceThe 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

NCUSAR's Annual Arab-US Policymakers ConferenceThe National Council's Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference gathers 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 28th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference was held October 23-24, 2019, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Audio and video recordings of conference proceedings are available online.

SAVE THE DATE: The 29th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference – The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship – will be broadcast live online November 17-19, 2020.

Congressional & Public Affairs Briefings

Public Affairs Briefing ProgramsThe 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.

Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab League

Youth Leadership Development Program / Model Arab LeagueThe 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!

Student Summer Internship Program

Washingon, DC Summer Internship ProgramThe National Council's Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers undergraduate and graduate students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the nation's capital. The program features a demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounters designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during their time in Washington.

Annual Oman Cultural Immersion Program

Malone Fellowship Oman Cultural Immersion ProgramThe 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.

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NCUSAR & KFCRIS Discussion: Sports Diplomacy in the Middle East (.mp3)

NCUSAR Briefing: Energy, Economic, and Defense Dynamics During a Time of Pandemic (.mp3)

NCUSAR Briefing: A Conversation with H.E. Dr. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to the United States (.mp3)

NCUSAR & SQCC Remembrance: The Life of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said (1940-2020) (.mp3)

NCUSAR Briefing: Strategic Dynamics of Iran's Continuing Asymmetric Warfare (.mp3)

2019 Policymakers Conference: Keynote Discussion with General (Ret.) David Petraeus (.mp3)

2019 Policymakers Conference: Keynote Remarks by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal (.mp3)

2019 Policymakers Conference: U.S.-Arab Energy Dynamics (.mp3)

2019 Policymakers Conference: Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf (.mp3)

NCUSAR Briefing: The War of 2003 and its Unintended Consequences for Iraq, the Middle East, and the United States (.mp3)

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