18th Annual
Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

Fresh Visions, Old Realities, New Possibilities:
The Impact of Leadership Change on Arab-U.S. Relations

Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
October 15-16, 2009

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GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (II): ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

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Chair: Dr. Peter A. Gubser

Speakers:
H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna
H.E. Maen Rashid Areikat
Dr. Thomas Neu
Dr. Stephen Zunes

Chair: Dr. Peter A. Gubser − Immediate Past President, American Near East Refugee Aid, Inc. [ANERA]; Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.

Speakers:

H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna − Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United States of America; Member, United Nations International Law Commission; former Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt; former Ambassador of Egypt to Morocco and Yugoslavia; Member, Egyptian delegation involved in reaching the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel.

H.E. Maen Rashid Areikat − Ambassador and Head of Mission, Mission of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States; former Director-General, PLO   Negotiations Affairs Department and PLO Negotiations Support Unit.

Dr. Thomas Neu − Executive Director, Friends of UNRWA - the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine; former Middle East Representative for ANERA in the Jerusalem office; formerly with the United States Peace Corps and Save the Children.

Dr. Stephen Zunes − Professor of Politics and International Studies and Chair, Middle Eastern Studies Program, University of San Francisco; Senior Policy Analyst for the "Foreign Policy in Focus" project of the Institute for Policy Studies; Associate Editor, Peace Review;  Chair, Academic Advisory Committee for the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict; Alumnus, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Malone Fellows in Arab and Islamic Studies Program; and Host of the National Council’s West Coast Model Arab League.