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Business, Investment, and Financial Development Dynamics and Prospects – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

BUSINESS, INVESTMENT, AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS

Chair:

Mr. Michael Markland – Vice President for Private Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley (Dubai).

Speakers:

Ambassador Ford Fraker – Senior Adviser and Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.; former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Ambassador Joseph LeBaron – Senior Adviser, Patton Boggs LLP; former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar and Mauritania.

Mr. Danny E. Sebright – President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council.

Mr. Lionel C. Johnson – Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Egypt, Libya, Morocco, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

Geopolitical Dynamics: Arab North Africa (The Maghreb) / Syria / Yemen – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

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GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS (II): Arab North Africa (The Maghreb) / Syria / Yemen

Chair:

Ms. Jennifer Salan – Senior Producer, The Stream, Al Jazeera English.

Speakers:       

Dr. Néjib Ayachi – Founder and President, Maghreb Center. (Tunisia)

Dr. Michele Dunne – Director, Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East; former Member, White House National Security Council Staff and the Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff, as well as Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and service as a Diplomat in Cairo and Jerusalem. (Egypt)

Mr. Christopher Blanchard – Middle East Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service. (Syria / Yemen)

Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome – President, Fahmy Hudome International; former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy; Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. (Libya)

Dr. Esam Omeish

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Iraq, NCUSAR Program, Paul Sullivan, Podcast, Policymakers Conference

Geopolitical Dynamics: Iraq – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMICS (I): Iraq

Chair:

Dr. Kenneth B. Katzman – Specialist in Middle East Affairs in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Speakers:

Dr. Eric Davis – Professor of Political Science and former Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University; author of Memories of State: Politics, History and Collective Identity in Modern Iraq and the forthcoming Taking Democracy Seriously in Iraq.

Dr. Juan Cole – Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan; author of Engaging the Muslim World and Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East; former President, Middle East Studies Association of North America.

Dr. Paul Sullivan – Professor of Economics, Industrial College of Armed Forces, National Defense University; Adjunct Professor of Security Studies and Science, Technology and International Affairs, Georgetown University.

Ms. Shameem Rassam – Media Expert and Analyst, Alhurra Television-Iraq.

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GCC, HE Adnan Ahmed Al-Ansari, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference

Keynote Address: Ambassador Dr. Adnan Ahmed Al-Ansari – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Speakers:

H.E. Dr. Adnan Ahmed Al-Ansari – Ambassador and Observer, Permanent Mission of the Gulf Cooperation Council to the United Nations; former Director, Research Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sultanate of Oman.

H.E. Nasser Tammimi – Political Counselor to the Ambassador and Observer, Permanent Mission of the Gulf Cooperation Council to the United Nations; formerly, Senior Political Adviser to the Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Egypt, HE Sameh Shoukry, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference

Keynote Address: Ambassador Sameh Shoukry – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

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Introduction:

Dr. John Duke Anthony – Founding President and CEO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, and author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum and Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia.

Speaker:

H.E. Ambassador Sameh Shoukry – Ambassador of Egypt to the United States.

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Energy, Molly Williamson, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference

Energy Dynamics – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

ENERGY DYNAMICS

Chair:

The Honorable Molly Williamson – Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Adjunct Scholar, Middle East Institute; Immediate Past Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to the Secretary of Energy (2005-2008); former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Middle East, South Asia, Oceania and Africa (1999-2004); former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (1993-1995).

Speakers:

Dr. Herman T. Franssen – Executive Director, Energy Intelligence Group; Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Mr. Jay Pryor – Vice President for Corporate Business Development, Chevron Corporation.

Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome – President, Fahmy Hudome International; former Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy; Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.

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Joseph Moynihan, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, Policymakers Conference, Security and Defense

Dynamics of Defense Cooperation – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

DYNAMICS OF DEFENSE COOPERATION

Chair:            

Ambassador James Larocco – Director, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University; former U.S. Ambassador to the State of Kuwait.

Speakers:

Dr. Joseph Moynihan – Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; Vice President, Northrop Grumman Electronics Systems.

General Joseph Hoar (USMC, Ret.) – Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command with planning and operations responsibility for 27 countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and the Horn of Africa; Chairman, J.P. Hoar & Associates, a consulting firm engaged in business development in the Middle East and Africa.

Commentators:

Col. David Des Roches (USA) – Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Malone Fellow in Arab and Islamic Studies.

Mr. Bob Sharp – Assistant Professor, Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University.

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

The Mess in the Middle East – 2011 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

THE MESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. – Chairman of the Board, Projects International, Inc., a Washington, D.C.−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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Egypt, John Duke Anthony, Podcast, US-Arab Relations, Video

Charting a New Course for Egypt

2011 Gockel International Symposium
“Charting a New Course for Egypt”
September 22, 2011
Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO

National Council President & CEO Dr. John Duke Anthony joined Dr. Mark Long, Director of Middle East Studies and Associate Professor at Baylor University, as the featured speakers at Missouri Southern State University’s 2011 Gockel International Symposium in September. The symposium focused on “Charting a New Course for Egypt.” Audio and video from the September 22 morning discussion with Dr. Anthony (“The Changing Nature of America’s Interests in Egypt: Implications for U.S. Policies”) and from the September 22 evening discussion with both Dr. Long (“If We Turn Our Backs”) and Dr. Anthony (“Egypt in Regional and World Affairs: Dynamics of Convergence and Divergence”) is available from the Council through iTunes and other podcast services as well here.

Dr. John Duke Anthony – The Changing Nature of America’s Interests in Egypt: Implications for U.S. Policies (.mp3)

Dr. Mark Long – If We Turn Our Backs / Dr. John Duke Anthony – Egypt in Regional and World Affairs: Dynamics of Convergence and Divergence (.mp3)

MSSU GOCKEL SYMPOSIUM HOME

Speaker: New Egypt will likely draw from Arab, Western governments – Joplin Globe, September 22, 2011

NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, US-Arab Relations, Video

What Lies Ahead for America in Arabia and the Gulf?: Analyses and Prognoses

September 15, 2011
Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

 

What Lies Ahead for America in Arabia and the Gulf?: Analyses and Prognoses from NCUSAR on Vimeo.

Participating specialists:

Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman and Founder, Gulf Research Center

Dr. Christian Koch, Director, Gulf Research Center Foundation

Dr. Mustafa Alani, Senior Advisor and Research Program Director, Gulf Research Center

Moderator:

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

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Mideast Peace Process, NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Palestine, Podcast, United Nations

Dynamics of Palestine in the Coming Arab & UN Seasons – Five Perspectives

September 14, 2011
International Law Institute, Washington, DC

 

Participants include:

Dr. Philip Giraldi, Executive Director, Council on the National Interest and former CIA counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer who served in Turkey, Italy, Germany, and Spain

Dr. Fouzi El-Asmar, Distinguished Palestinian Writer, Poet, Academic, and Journalist

Mr. Mark Perry, American author specializing in Military Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Analysis

Mr. Jeffrey Steinberg, Senior Editor, Journalist, and Lecturer on Middle East and International Security Affairs

Chair:

Professor Don Wallace, Jr., Chairman, International Law Institute and Chair, International Council for Middle East Studies

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PICTURES

John Duke Anthony, John Duke Anthony Interviews, Podcast, US-Arab Relations, Video

The Arab Spring and the Dynamics of American Interests: Implications for U.S. Policies

National Council Founding President and CEO Dr. John Duke Anthony spoke to the World Affairs Council-Washington, DC Summer Institute on International Affairs on “The Arab Spring and the Dynamics of American Interests: Implications for U.S. Policies” on June 27, 2011. The World Affairs Council-Washington, DC’s 2011 Summer Institute was focused on “The New Middle East? Power Shifts and Global Implications.” Dr. Anthony was introduced by Ms. Heidi Shoup, Executive Director of the World Affairs Council-Washington, DC. Video and a podcast of Dr. Anthony’s presentation are available below as well as through iTunes.

 
John Duke Anthony – “The Arab Spring and the Dynamics of American Interests: Implications for U.S. Policies” (.mp3)

Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, John Duke Anthony, Podcast, Security and Defense, US-Arab Relations, Video

Analyzing Transformational Change in the Arab World

On April 13, 2011, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO Dr. John Duke Anthony spoke to members and guests of the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs (bcfausa.org) on “Analyzing Transformational Change in the Arab World.”

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Video and audio recordings courtesy of the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs.

NCUSAR Briefing, NCUSAR Program, Podcast, US-Arab Relations, Video

What You Need to Know Now: The Arabian Dimension in Today’s Mideast Turmoil

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March 2, 2011
Miller & Chevalier, Washington, DC

 

What You Need to Know Now: The Arabian Dimension in Today’s Mideast Turmoil from NCUSAR on Vimeo.

Participants include:

Dr. Herman Franssen, President, International Energy Associates, and Senior Associate, Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Dr. David E. Long, Consultant on Middle East affairs and international terrorism, and author of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mr. Robert Lacey, Historian and author of The Kingdom and Inside the Kingdom

Mr. Peter A. Iseman, Historian and International Educator

Moderator:

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

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Mideast turmoil not to destabilize region, US experts say – Arab News, March 3, 2011

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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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

John Duke Anthony Interviews, Podcast, Syria, US-Arab Relations

CNI: Jerusalem Calling

Dr. John Duke Anthony appeared on the Council for the National Interests’ (CNI) Jerusalem Calling radio show. He was joined by a CNI delegation, then in Damascus, headed by former Ambassador to the Soviet Union Jack Matlock and Executive Director of CNI Helena Cobban.


 

CNI: Jerusalem Calling

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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