The Next U.S. Presidency:
Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 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 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 below as well as on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and elsewhere.
U.S.-Arab Relations: What Now?
November 17, 2020
“U.S.-Arab Relations: What Now?” podcast (.mp3)
Chair:
Mr. Richard Kaplan – former President of CNN-U.S. and MSNBC; award-winning television news producer; Harvard University Lecturer and Fellow.
Speakers:
Mr. Mohammed Alyahya – Al Arabiya English Editor-in-Chief.
Mr. Thomas L. Friedman – New York Times Op-Ed Columnist; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and commentator.
Ms. Susanne Koelbl – Der Spiegel Military and Foreign Correspondent; Author, inter alia, of Behind the Kingdom’s Veil.
Dr. David Ottaway – Woodrow Wilson Center Middle East Fellow; former Washington Post foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Europe; Author, inter alia, of A Tale of Four Worlds: the Arab Region After the Uprising.
Mr. David H. Rundell – Author, Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads; former United States Diplomat.
Ms. Barbara Slavin – Atlantic Council Future of Iran Initiative Director; George Washington University Lecturer in International Affairs; Al-Monitor Columnist.
Keynote Remarks by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al-Saud
November 17, 2020
“Keynote Remarks by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al-Saud” podcast (.mp3)
Welcome:
Mr. Leo A. Daly III – LEO A DALY Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Introduction:
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Speaker:
HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud – King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Chairman; former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to the United States; former Saudi Arabian General Intelligence Directorate Director General.
Arab-U.S. Relations: A View From Egypt
November 17, 2020
“Arab-U.S. Relations: A View From Egypt” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
Mr. H. Delano Roosevelt – U.S.-Saudi Business Council President and CEO; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member.
Speaker:
H.E. Mohamed M. Abou El Enein – Member of the Egyptian Parliament; Cleopatra Group Chairman and Founder; Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Honorary President; Egyptian-European Business Council President.
Keynote Remarks from the Gulf Cooperation Council
November 18, 2020
“Keynote Remarks from the Gulf Cooperation Council” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Speaker:
H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf – Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Secretary-General; former Kuwait Minister of Finance.
Keynote Remarks from the U.S. Department of State
November 18, 2020
“Keynote Remarks from the U.S. Department of State” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Speaker:
Mr. Joey Hood – U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary; former U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief of Mission in Iraq and in Kuwait.
Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf
November 18, 2020
“Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf” podcast (.mp3)
Chair:
Dr. Abdullah Baabood – Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) School of International Liberal Studies Chair for Islamic Area Studies and Visiting Professor; former National University of Singapore Middle East Institute Visiting Professor; former Qatar University Gulf Studies Centre Director; former University of Cambridge (UK) Gulf Research Centre Director.
Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Hassan – Sultanate of Oman Ambassador to the United Nations; former Oman Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs; former Ambassador of Oman to Russia.
Dr. Abdullah Al Shayji – Kuwait University Professor of International Relations and Post Graduate Political Science Program Director; Author, The GCC Crises: The Root Causes, The Mediation Efforts, And the Future of the GCC Alliance.
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Mr. Timothy Lenderking – U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs; former U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ambassador (Ret.) Susan L. Ziadeh – Georgetown University Adjunct Professor; former United States Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs; former United States Ambassador to Qatar.
Keynote Remarks from the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington
November 18, 2020
“Keynote Remarks from the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Speaker:
HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States; International Olympic Committee Member.
Keynote Remarks from U.S. Central Command
November 19, 2020
“Keynote Remarks from U.S. Central Command” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
H.E. Dina Kawar – Ambassador of Jordan to the United States; former Jordan Ambassador to the United Nations.
Speaker:
General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. – United States Central Command Commander; former U.S. Department of Defense Joint Staff Director.
U.S.-Arab Defense Cooperation Dynamics
November 19, 2020
“U.S.-Arab Defense Cooperation Dynamics” podcast (.mp3)
Chair & Speaker:
Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk – former U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Senior Military Advisor; former Embassy of the United States in Saudi Arabia Defense and Army Attaché; HyphenPoint LLC President; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member.
Additional Speakers:
Dr. Cinzia Bianco – European Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Fellow; former European Commission Sharaka Project Research Fellow.
Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman – Center for Strategic and International Studies Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy; Consultant to the U.S. State Department, Defense Department, and intelligence community; former Office of the Secretary of Defense Director of Intelligence Assessment.
Ms. Kirsten Fontenrose – Atlantic Council Middle East Programs Director of Regional Security; former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Gulf Affairs.
Commentator:
Mr. Joshua Yaphe – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Scholar-in-Residence; U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research Arabian Peninsula Analyst.
Keynote Remarks from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh
November 19, 2020
“Keynote Remarks from the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh” podcast (.mp3)
Introduction:
Dr. John Duke Anthony – National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.
Speaker:
Ambassador John Abizaid – United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; former United States Central Command Commander.
Keynote Discussion with General (Ret.) David Petraeus
November 19, 2020
“Keynote Discussion with General (Ret.) David Petraeus” podcast (.mp3)
Moderator:
Ms. Raghida Dergham – Beirut Institute Founder and Executive Chairman; The National Columnist; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member.
Discussant:
General (Ret.) David Petraeus – KKR Partner and KKR Global Institute Chairman; former United States Central Intelligence Agency Director; former United States Central Command Commander; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member.
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