Category Archives: NCUSAR Program

Iraq, NCUSAR Program, Policymakers Conference, Video

Geo-Political Dynamics (I): The Endgame in Iraq – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS (I):
The Endgame in Iraq

CHAIR:

Mr. Charles Dunne – Resident Scholar with the Middle East Institute; former Foreign Policy Adviser to the J-5, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon; former Director for Iraq at the National Security Council.

SPEAKERS:

Dr. Michel Gabaudan − President, Refugees International

Mr. Michael Corbin − Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

Ms. Manal Omar – Director of Iraq Programs, Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations, United States Institute of Peace

Mr. Brian Katulis – Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

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Development and Education, NCUSAR Program, Policymakers Conference, Video

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

DISTINGUISHED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND MULTI-FAITH COOPERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

 

 

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.

Presented to: Dr. Landrum Bolling

Dr. Landrum Bolling is Director at Large and Senior Advisor to Mercy Corps working out of its Washington, D.C. office. His long career has spanned the academic world − where he was President of Earlham College for fifteen years; the foundation world – where he served as President of the Lilly Endowment, one of the largest grant-making foundations in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Council on Foundations; the world of ecumenical relations – where he was Director of the Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem; and the world of “non-official” diplomacy – where he has long served as a communications channel between the White House, the State Department, and Palestinian leaders.

Chas Freeman, NCUSAR Program, Policymakers Conference, Video

Arab-U.S. Relations: Misadventures Past and Present – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

ARAB-U.S. RELATIONS: Misadventures Past and Present

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. – Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense’s highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of the newly published America’s Misadventures in the Middle East as well as The Diplomat’s Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy.

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Council Chronicle, Model Arab League, NCUSAR Program, Newsletters, Peter Gubser

Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer-Fall 2010)

Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer – Fall 2010) (.pdf file)

Includes:
New Book by Peter Gubser: Saladin: Empire and Holy War
Remembering Peter Gubser, 1941-2010
Model Arab League Student Leaders Visit Saudi Arabia
Annual University Summer Student Internship Progam Highlights
Latest National Council Congressional and Public Affairs Briefings
President’s Educational Activities
Recommended Reading: Oman Emerges
National Council Welcomes New Members to Board and Staff
Islamic Finance, NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Video

Islamic Finance Forum

July 28, 2009
George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC

In collaboration with the U.S.-Qatar Business Council and the Arab Bankers Association of North America.

Panelists:

Aamir Rehman, Managing Director at Fajr Capital Limited and author of Dubai & Co.: Global Strategies for Doing Business in the Gulf States and Gulf Capital & Islamic Finance: The Rise of the New Global Players

Umar Moghul, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP and co-chair of the firm’s Islamic Finance and Investments Group

Ibrahim Warde, Adjunct Professor of International Business at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and author of Islamic Finance in the Global Economy

Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo, Chief Shariah Officer at Shariah Capital

Frank Vogel, Professor Harvard Law School and author of The Islamic School of Law: Evolution, Devolution and Progress and Islamic Law and Legal System: Studies of Saudi Arabia

Moderator:

Jean-François Seznec, Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies

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Council Chronicle, Malone Fellows Program, Model Arab League, NCUSAR Program, NCUSAR Study Visit, Newsletters

Council Chronicle – Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter-Spring 2010)

Council Chronicle Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter – Spring 2010) (.pdf file)

Includes:
Annual University Summer Student Internship Progam Highlights
Model Arab League Program Highlights
United States Military Academy Faculty and Cadets Visit the UAE
Malone Fellowship Annual Oman Culutral Immersion Program
Congressional and Public Affairs Briefings
President’s Educational Services and Publications
Energy, Molly Williamson, NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Video

The Arab World and the Future of Global Energy Supply: Realities, Risks, and Prospects

June 30, 2010
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

 

The Arab World and the Future of Global Energy Supply: Realities, Risks, and Prospects from NCUSAR on Vimeo.

Participating specialists include:

Mr. Guy Caruso, Senior Advisor, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Hon. Molly Williamson, Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute; Immediate Past Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Secretary of Energy

The Hon. Randa Fahmy-Hudome, President, Fahmy-Hudome International; Former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy

Ms. Sarah Ladislaw, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Moderator:

Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

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Model Arab League, Muna Abu Sulayman, NCUSAR News, NCUSAR Program, NCUSAR Study Visit, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Study Visit

Model Arab League students visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Summer 2010

The National Council, in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE), escorted a delegation of nine Model Arab League students on a cultural immersion study visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 6-16, 2010.

Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation Hosts Visit of US Students from NCUSAR Youth Leadership Development Program [Photo]

Follow the student delegation on Andrew Cotton’s blog

A window on the Arab world, Northeastern University News, July 1, 2010

Girl Effect movement sweeping the globe, By Muna Abu Sulayman, Arab News, June 15, 2010

Americans divided over US policies on Israel, say US students, Arab News, June 20, 2010

Ministry of Higher Education Hosts Delegation from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Ministry of Higher Education, June 16, 2010 [Arabic]

NCUSAR Visits Jubail Industrial City, Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu News, June 21, 2010

Fellowship Offers Student Two-Week Trip To Saudi Arabia, The University Star (Texas State University in San Marcos), August 23, 2010

Overseas trip changes perceptions of UM-Dearborn student, The Arab American News, October 10, 2010

NCUSAR News, NCUSAR Program, NCUSAR Study Visit, UAE, UAE Study Visit

United States Military Academy Cadets visit the UAE, Spring 2010

The National Council, in coordination with the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR), organized and led an April 17-25, 2010 study visit to the United Arab Emirates for seven Cadets and one faculty member from the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York.

COUNCIL CHRONICLE RECAP (.pdf – page 3)

PICTURES

HRH Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jordan, NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, US-Arab Relations, Video

A Conversation With HRH Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

March 31, 2010
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC

Featured Speaker:

HRH Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein

Moderator:

Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

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THE WASHINGTON DIPLOMAT‘S RECAP

Bahrain, GCC, John Duke Anthony, Kuwait, NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Oman, Podcast, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Video

Report from the 2009 Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial and Heads of State Summit in Kuwait: What Did and Did Not Happen and What Next?

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John Duke Anthony – Report from the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Ministerial and Heads of State Summit in Kuwait, December 2009: What Did and Did Not Happen and What Next?

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NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Video, Yemen

Yemen Headlined: Contemporary Myths and Empirical Realities

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December 10, 2009
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

 

Panelists:

Ambassador Barbara Bodine, Director, Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, Princeton University, and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen

Dr. Christopher Boucek, Associate in the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Mr. Gregory Johnsen, Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University; Co-Founder, Waq al-Waq: Islam and Insurgency in Yemen Blog; and former Fulbright and American Institute for Yemen Studies Fellow in Yemen

Ambassador James A. Larocco, Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defense, and former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait

Dr. Mustafa Alani, Senior Advisor and Research Program Director, Gulf Research Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Moderator:

Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; former Fulbright Fellow in the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen; and one of two Americans to have served as an official observer for all four of Yemen’s presidential and parliamentary elections

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PROJECT ON MIDDLE EAST DEMOCRACY RECAP

REMARKS REFERENCED BY AMB. JAMES LAROCCO

Chas Freeman, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, US-Arab Relations, Video

Arab-U.S. Relations: The Way Forward – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference


“ARAB-U.S. RELATIONS: THE WAY FORWARD”

 

 

Arab-U.S. Relations: The Way Forward – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference from NCUSAR on Vimeo.

Speaker: The Hon. Charles W. (“Chas”) Freeman, Jr. − Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based business development firm specializing in international joint ventures, acquisitions, and other business operations for its American and foreign clients; former President, Middle East Policy Council; former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1993-94), earning the Department of Defense’s highest public service awards for his roles in designing a NATO-centered post-Cold War European security system and in reestablishing defense and military relations with China; former U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm); Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the U.S. mediation of Namibian independence from South Africa and Cuban troop withdrawal from Angola; and author of The Diplomat’s Dictionary (Revised Edition) and Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy.

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Barack Obama, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, US-Arab Relations, Video

The Obama Administration: Views from the Region – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

“THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: VIEWS FROM THE ARAB WORLD”

Chair: Ms. Barbara G.B. Ferguson − Washington Bureau Chief, Arab News; Co-Chair, International Correspondents Committee, The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.; author, “Country Reports” on Bahrain, Morocco and Kazakhstan for the Washington Times; embedded war correspondent during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait in 1990-1991 and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.

Speakers:

Mr. Ibrahim Helal − Deputy Managing Editor, Al Jazeera Satellite Television, English; former Deputy Managing Director, News and Programs; former Middle East and North Africa Project Director, BBC World Service Trust, responsible for the training and development of Arab media organizations; Editor-in-Chief, Al-Jazeera Arabic Channel (2001-2004); former Head of News, Abu Dhabi TV (2000-2001).

Mr. Hisham Melhem − Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-UAE based satellite channel; former host of Al-Arabiya’s “Across the Ocean”, a weekly current affairs program on U.S.-Arab relations; Correspondent, Annahar, the leading Lebanese daily.

Ms. Nadia Bilbassy-Charters – Chief Correspondent, Middle East Broadcasting Center, Washington, D.C., covering the White House and the State Department; formerly Al-Arabiya Television Diplomatic Correspondent; former Bureau Chief for Middle East Broadcasting Center based in Nairobi, Kenya covering conflicts across the African continent; formerly with both Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) and Agence France Press (AFP).

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Bahrain, HE Houda Nonoo, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, Saudi Arabia, US-Arab Relations, Video

Keynote Addresses – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Introductions: Dr. John Duke Anthony – Founding President and CEO, National Council  on U.S.-Arab Relations.

Speakers:

H.E. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo − Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States; appointed to Bahrain’s Majlis ash-Shura [National Advisory] Council by His Majesty the King Shaikh Hamad Bin Salman Al-Khalifa where, prior to her appointment as Ambassador she served on the Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs; and former Secretary General of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society.

Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Saeed − Advisor to The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Director, Office of Special Projects for HRH King ‘Abdallah Bin ‘Abdalaziz Al Sa’ud, Custodian of the Two Holy Places and King of Saudi Arabia.

H.E. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo AUDIO (.mp3)

Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Saeed AUDIO (.mp3)

H.E. Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo TRANSCRIPT (.pdf)

Development and Education, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, Video

Development and Education – 2009 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

“DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION”

Chair: Ms. Harriet Fulbright − President of the J. William and Harriet Fulbright Center, a non-profit organization which serves to continue Ms. Fulbright’s life’s work in global education and to advance the work of her husband, former longtime U.S. Senate   Foreign Relations Committee Chairman and National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations National Advisory Board Chairman Senator J. William Fulbright.

Speakers:

The Hon. Theodore H. Kattouf − President and Chief Executive Officer, AMIDEAST – America-Mideast Education and Training Services; former United States Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1998-2001) and Ambassador to Syria (2001-2003); career Foreign Service Officer serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Damascus, Syria and Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Juan R.I. Cole − Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; author of, among other works, Engaging the Muslim World, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East, and Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam; blog author, “Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion;” President, Global Americana Institute.

Dr. Mody Al-Khalaf − Director of Cultural and Social Affairs, Saudi Cultural and Educational Mission, Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC;former Professor of Linguistics, Princess Nora University, Prince Sultan University and The Arab Open University, Riyadh; Editor-in-Chief, Al-Mubtaath, a monthly magazine launched in 1978 by the Saudi Cultural Mission covering a range of topics of interest to Saudi students in the United States.

Commentator:

Dr. Abdulrahman H. Al-Saeed − Advisor to The Royal Court of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Director, Office of Special Projects for HRH King ‘Abdallah Bin ‘Abdalaziz Al Sa’ud, Custodian of the Two Holy Places and King of Saudi Arabia.

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DR. MODY AL-KHALAF PRESENTATION SLIDES (.pdf)