Fixing Yemen by Robert Lebling
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Infrastructure and Business Opportunities in North Africa
September 6, 2012
City Club, Washington, DC
Participants include:
Mr. Carl Kress, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Europe Region, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome, President, Fahmy Hudome International
Ms. Laura Lombard, Director, Business Development, Sidar Global Advisors
Mr. Steven Mayo, Business Development Officer, Project and Structured Finance, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Ms. Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Finance and Development, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mr. Curtis Silvers, Executive Vice President, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President & CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Member, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and its subcommittees on Sanctions and Trade and Investment
Remarks by Ms. Deborah McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Press Release from the National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Council Chronicle Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter 2012)
Council Chronicle Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter 2012) (.pdf file)
Includes:
United States Military Academy Faculty and Cadets Visit UAE
Malone Fellowship Annual Oman Cultural Immersion Program
Recent Public Affairs Briefings
President’s Educational Services and Publications
National Council Recognized For Accountability & Fiscal Management
Gulf Cooperation Council Trade Facts & Figures
Student Ambassador Building Bridges: A Conversation with Zeyad Al-Shammari
A Window onto the Gulf Cooperation Council, Together With a View Regarding Its Involvement Of Late With Yemen
A Window onto the Gulf Cooperation Council, Together With a View Regarding Its Involvement Of Late With Yemen – remarks by His Excellency Dr. Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, to the Gulf Research Center’s Third Annual Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Introduction by Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
From the National Council’s Arabia, the Gulf, and the GCC Blog
Student Study Visit to Lebanon, Summer 2012
From June 21-July 3, 2012, the National Council, in partnership with the Lebanon Renaissance Foundation, organized and escorted ten students on a study visit to Lebanon. The delegation was made up primarily of alumni from the Council’s Model Arab League Student Leadership Development Program. Through the study visit the students gained direct personal experience in Lebanese culture, society, and economics, and came away with a more deeply informed knowledge of Lebanon’s strategic aims and requirements as they pertain to Lebanese-U.S. relations and Lebanon’s role in regional and world affairs.
“Lebanon” by Linda Pappas Funsch, The Frederick News-Post, December 2, 2012.
Arts & Sciences students chosen for international honors, John Carroll University News, May 8, 2012
Crisis Yemen: Going Where?
June 26, 2012
City Club, Washington, DC
Participating specialists:
Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Lecturer and Director, Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, Princeton University; and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen
Mr. Gregory Johnsen, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University; author, Waq al-waq blog and The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia; and former Fulbright and American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellow in Yemen
Dr. Charles Schmitz, Associate Professor of Geography, Towson University; President, American Institute for Yemeni Studies; and former Fulbright and American Institute for Yemen Studies Fellow in Yemen
Mr. Robert Sharp, Associate Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Department of Defense/National Defense University
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President & CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; former Fulbright Fellow in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen; and official observer for four of Yemen’s presidential and parliamentary elections
Remarks on GCC Economic Issues by Dr. Odeh Aburdene
Remarks on GCC Economic Issues by Dr. Odeh Aburdene at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ Capital Seminar on “The Gulf Cooperation Council at Thirty Plus One: Implications for GCC and U.S. Interests and Policies.”
From the National Council’s Arabia, the Gulf, and the GCC Blog
John Duke Anthony interview with KSA2 – June 14, 2012
Dr. John Duke Anthony spoke to KSA2 (Saudi Arabian, English-language TV) on June 14, 2012 about the 31st anniversary and growing international importance of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The GCC is comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Anthony is the only American to have been invited to each of the GCC’s Ministerial and Heads of State Summits since the GCC’s inception in 1981.
Carolinas Committee on U.S.-Arab Relations Newsletter (Spring 2012)
The Gulf Cooperation Council at 31: Implications of Trends and Indications for GCC and US Interests
May 24, 2012
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Participating specialists:
Dr. Odeh Aburdene, President, OAI Advisors; and Senior Advisor, Capital Trust S.A.
Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome, President, Fahmy Hudome International; and Member of the Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Mr. Andrew Rabens, Special Advisor for Youth Engagement, Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Bureau of Near East Affairs, U.S. Department of State Department.
Mr. Robert Sharp, Associate Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Department of Defense/National Defense University.
Ms. Molly Williamson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S.
Departments of Commerce and Defense, former Acting Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of State, former Senior Foreign Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Mr. Joshua Yaphe, Arabian Peninsula analyst, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State.
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; and Member, U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and its subcommittees on Sanctions and Trade and Investment.
United States Naval Academy Midshipmen visit the UAE, Spring 2012
The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led a May 11-20, 2012 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for twelve Midshipmen and two faculty members from the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Crisis
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Crisis by Robert Lebling
From the National Council’s Arabia, the Gulf, and the GCC Blog
The Future Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Council
John Duke Anthony – The Future Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Council (.pdf file)
This essay appeared in: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. Global Strategic Developments: A Futuristic Vision. Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2012. pp. 63-103.
The Future Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Council
John Duke Anthony – The Future Significance of the Gulf Cooperation Council (.pdf file)
John Duke Anthony on U.S.-Arab Relations
On March 27, 2012, National Council Founding President & CEO Dr. John Duke Anthony spoke at American University on “U.S.-Arab Relations.” The program was sponsored by American University’s Delta Phi Epsilon International Society of Business and Foreign Affairs and the Muslim Student Association. A podcast from Dr. Anthony’s presentation is available below as well as through iTunes.
United States Military Academy Cadets visit the UAE, Spring 2012
The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led a March 9-17, 2012 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for nine Cadets and two faculty members from the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York.
In Memoriam: Dr. Donald Taeke Bosch (1917-2012)
Council Chronicle Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall-Winter 2011)
Council Chronicle Vol. 5, No. 4 (Fall – Winter 2011) (.pdf file)
Includes:
2012 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference – SAVE THE DATE
2012 Summer Internship Program and Study Abroad Opportunities
2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference Highlights
Articles on Morocco by Linda Funsch
The National Council organized and escorted a Malone Fellows delegation comprised of faculty advisers from the Model Arab League Student Leadership Development Program on a study visit to Morocco from June 24 – July 4, 2011. Professor Linda Pappas Funsch was a member of the delegation and contributed several stories about the visit to the Frederick News-Post.
Linda Pappas Funsch, “Morocco: Crossroads of cultures,” The Frederick News-Post, January 22, 2012
Linda Pappas Funsch, “Morocco: Colors and contrasts,” The Frederick News-Post, January 29, 2012