Category Archives: Trade and Investment
Arabia to Asia: The Myths of an American “Pivot” and Whether or Not There’s a U.S. Strategy Toward the GCC Region
John Duke Anthony – Arabia to Asia: The Myths of an American “Pivot” and Whether or Not There’s a U.S. Strategy Toward the GCC Region
From the National Council’s Arabia, the Gulf, and the GCC Blog
Arab-U.S. Business, Education, and Healthcare Cooperation – 2015 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
Session on Arab-U.S. Business, Education, and Healthcare Cooperation with Dr. John A. Ulatowski, Mr. Khush Choksy, Ms. Nahlah A. Al-Jubeir, Dr. Randall W. Burt, Mr. Mohamed Abo Elenin, and Mr. H. Delano Roosevelt from the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ 24th Annual Arab-US Policymakers’ Conference, “U.S.-Arab Relations at a Crossroads: What Paths Forward?,” on October 15, 2015, in Washington, DC.
Arab-U.S. Business, Finance, & Human Resource Development – 2014 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations’ 23rd Annual Arab U.S.-Policymakers Conference included a session on “Arab-U.S. Business, Finance, & Human Resource Development” that featured Mr. John Pratt, Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick Theros, Ms. Nahlah A. Al-Jubeir, Mr. Nathan Regan, Mr. Steve Lutes, Dr. J. W. Wright, and Mr. Titus Johnson.
An audio and video recording of the session as well as a link to the transcript are available below. Videos of the entire 2014 conference are available on YouTube and podcasts of the conference are available through iTunes and FeedBurner.
U.S.-Arab Business, Finance, and Human Resource Development – 2013 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
U.S.-ARAB BUSINESS, FINANCE, AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Chair:
Ambassador Ford Fraker – former Senior Adviser and Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.; former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Speakers:
Ambassador Patrick Theros – Executive Director, U.S.-Qatar Business Council; former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar.
Mr. Ken Close – Founder and CEO, Quincy International; former Senior Policy Advisor to HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal.
Ms. Nahlah Al-Jubeir – Director, Center for Career Development, Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission; former Deputy Director for Financial and Administrative Affairs, Saudi Health Mission in Washington, DC.
Mr. Nathan Regan – Country Manager for the United States, Bahrain Economic Development Board, Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Commentator:
Ambassador Dr. Rene Leon – Economic Growth Consultant, Creative Associates International; former Ambassador of El Salvador to the U.S.
Opportunities for Investment in Libyan Energy, Finance, and Infrastructure
April 22, 2013
Washington, DC
Featured Speaker:
His Excellency Dr. Elkalani A. Alsalim, Minister of Finance, Government of Libya
Introduction By:
His Excellency Ali Aujali, Ambassador of Libya to the United States
Commentators:
Ms. Randa Fahmy Hudome, Board Member, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Mr. Robert Marro, President, American Libyan Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Ms. Paula Freer, Director, International Government Affairs, Marathon Oil Corporation; and Chair, U.S.-Libya Business Association
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
Policymaking Opportunities in Business, Finance, and Human Resource Development – 2012 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
POLICYMAKING OPPORTUNITIES IN BUSINESS, FINANCE, AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Chair:
Ms. Elizabeth Wossen – Principal and Lead Consultant, Energy Links Group LLC; former Coordinator, Congressional and Government Relations, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation; Member, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations.
Speakers:
Mr. Khush Choksy – Senior Director, Middle East Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; former Director, Chemonics International.
Dr. Mody AlKhalaf – Director of Social and Cultural Affairs, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia; Editor-in-Chief, Al-Mubtaath (“The Scholar”).
Ambassador (Ret.) 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 the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Hisham Fahmy – CEO, American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt; Founder, Egyptian Association of Executives; former Acting Director, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies.
Commentator:
Mr. Ken Close – Founder and CEO, Quincy International; former Senior Policy Advisor to HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal.
VIDEOArab-U.S. Economic Relations: A View from Washington – 2012 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
ARAB-U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS: A VIEW FROM WASHINGTON
Speaker:
The Honorable Jose W. Fernandez – Assistant Secretary, Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
The Unprecedented Emergence of the Aviation Sector in the GCC – 2012 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
THE UNPRECEDENTED EMERGENCE OF THE AVIATION SECTOR IN THE GCC
Speaker:
Mr. Akbar Al Baker – CEO, Qatar Airways and Doha International Airport.
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
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
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.
A Conversation with John Hofmeister
March 31, 2010
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, Washington, DC
Featured Speaker:
John Hofmeister, Founder and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy, and Former President, Shell Oil Company
Moderator:
Dr. John Duke Anthony, Founding President and CEO, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
President Obama’s ‘National Export Initiative’ And Arab Markets: Growing Relationships – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S ‘NATIONAL EXPORT INITIATIVE’ AND ARAB MARKETS: Growing Relationships
Mr. Francisco J. Sánchez – Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade and Head of the International Trade Administration
Business and Financial Development – 2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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 theWashington Times; embedded war correspondent during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Kuwait in 1990-1991 and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003.
SPEAKERS:
Ambassador Ford M. Fraker − Senior Adviser and Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa Group at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
Dr. Hani K. Findakly – Investment Banker and Director of Clinton Group, Inc.; former Vice Chairman of the Clinton Group; Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its task forces on “The Balkans 2010” and “Middle East Trade and Investments.”
Mr. Brad Bourland − Chief Economist at Jadwa Investment Company.
Dr. Lama Suleiman − First Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).
Developmental Dynamics – 2007 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS
Chair:
Dr. Joseph C. Moynihan, Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, Northrop Grumman
Speakers:
Ambassador Shaun Donnelly, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President
Mr. Jeremy Jones, Senior Strategic Fellow, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies; Senior Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center for International Affairs; Senior International Affairs Fellow, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; and author, Negotiating Change: The New Politics of the Middle East
Dr. Odeh Aburdene, President, OAI Advisors; Adviser, Capital Partners Holding; Member of the Board, AMIDEAST, Search for Common Ground, the Rand Center for Middle East Public Policy, the Bethlehem Foundation, Seeds of Peace, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University
Dr. Abderrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeerah Internationaland former longtime BBC Correspondent
The Dynamics of Mideastern Trade and Finance
The Honorable Molly Williamson and Mr. Hani Beyhum – U.S.-GCC Business and Economic Dialogues: Progress and Prospects (.pdf file)
Pioneering Mideast Economic Transformation
Mr. Vahan Zanoyan, Ms. Hunaina Al-Mughairy, and Ms. Cecilia Klein – Pioneering Mideast Economic Transformation (.pdf file)