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  • 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

    Be a diplomat for the weekend. Read More
  • Educational Briefing Programs

    Educational Briefing Programs

    Watch and listen to discussions exploring dynamics of the U.S.-Arab relations. Read More
  • Washington, DC Summer Internship Program

    Washington, DC Summer Internship Program

    Work experience, an academic seminar, and policymaking explorations during intensive 10-week summer program. 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
  • Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

    Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

    Engage with the largest annual gathering in America dedicated to studying, understanding, and promoting the U.S.-Arab relationship. 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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"Evaluating the Impact of President Biden's Visit to the Middle East" Online Briefing Program

On July 22, 2022, the National Council and the Gulf Research Center hosted an online briefing program looking back on United States President Joe Biden's recent visit to the Middle East with stops in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabian and U.S. analysts, scholars, and former diplomats assessed the impact of the trip for near-term developments as well as longer-term strategic trends. The program's featured specialists were Gulf Research Center Founder and Chairman Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, and former United States diplomats Ambassador (Ret.) Michael Gfoeller and Mr. David H. Rundell. Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk and Dr. John Duke Anthony joined them for the proceedings as moderator and context provider, respectively.

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

 

"Destination Oman" Online Briefing Program

On March 17, 2022, the National Council hosted an online briefing program "Destination Oman: Heritage, Culture, Adventure"—a virtual visit to the Sultanate of Oman, the "Jewel of Arabia." H.E. Moosa Hamdan Al Tai, Oman's Ambassador to the United States, provided opening reflections on the Oman-U.S. relationship; Professor Linda Pappas Funsch commented on Oman's remarkable modernization efforts; Council Cultural Affairs Fellow Mr. Badar Al Yazeedi provided a presentation exploring some of of the sites in Oman that inspire wonder; and Council Founding President and CEO Dr. John Duke Anthony orchestrated the proceedings while providing background and context.

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 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 30th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference – Whither U.S.-Arab Relations? Unnerving Uncertainties Amidst Complex Realities and New Possibilities – was broadcast live online November 17-18, 2021. Audio and video recordings of the Conference proceedings are available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.

SAVE THE DATE: The 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference is set to convene November 2-3, 2022, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.

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!

Washington, DC 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 with an organization in 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 educational experience.

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.

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.