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29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference
The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship
When:
November 17 - 19, 2020
[Tuesday-Thursday]
Where:
Broadcast Online
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Conference Moderator, Context Provider, Facilitator, and Speaker:
Dr. John Duke Anthony
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO; Knighted by Moroccan King Muhammad VI, bestowing upon him Morocco's Highest Award for Excellence; Former U.S. Department of State Near East and North Africa Area and Country Studies Program Chairman; Former U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and its Subcommittee on Sanctions Member; Author of numerous publications pertaining to American interests and involvement in the Arab region, the Middle East, and the Islamic world.
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Featured Specialists Include:
HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal
King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Chairman; Former Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to the United States; Former Saudi Arabia General Intelligence Directorate Director General
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H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajraf
Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf Secretary-General; Former Kuwait Minister of Finance
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HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud
Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States; International Olympic Committee Member
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Mr. Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times Op-Ed Columnist; Pulitzer Prize-winning Reporter and Commentator
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Ms. Raghida Dergham
Beirut Institute Founder and Executive Chairman; The National Columnist; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member
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General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr.
United States Central Command Commander; Former United States Department of Defense Joint Staff Director
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Ms. Kirsten Fontenrose
Atlantic Council Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative Director; Former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Gulf Affairs
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Ambassador John Abizaid
United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Former United States Central Command Commander
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H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Hassan
Oman Ambassador to the United Nations; Former Oman Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs; Former Ambassador of Oman to Russia
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General (Ret.) David Petraeus
KKR Partner and KKR Global Institute Chairman; Former United States Central Intelligence Agency Director; Former United States Central Command Commander; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member
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Mr. Richard Kaplan
Former President of CNN-U.S. and MSNBC; Award-winning television news producer; Harvard University Lecturer and Fellow
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Mr. Leo A. Daly III
LEO A DALY Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Ambassador (Ret.) Richard W. Murphy
National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Co-Chair; Former United States Ambassador to Mauritania, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; Former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
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Ambassador (Ret.) Susan Ziadeh
Georgetown University Adjunct Professor; Former United States Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs; Former United States Ambassador to Qatar
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Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk
Former United States Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Senior Military Advisor; Former Embassy of the United States in Saudi Arabia Defense and Army Attaché; HyphenPoint LLC President; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member
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Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman
Center for Strategic and International Studies Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy; Consultant to the United States Department of State, Department of Defense, and intelligence community
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Dr. Cinzia Bianco
European Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Fellow; Former European Commission Sharaka Project Research Fellow
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Dr. Abdullah Al Shayji
Kuwait University Professor of International Relations and Post Graduate Political Science Program Director; Author, The GCC Crises: The Root Causes, The Mediation Efforts, And the Future of the GCC Alliance
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Dr. David Ottaway
Woodrow Wilson Center Middle East Fellow; Former Washington Post foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Europe
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Dr. Abdullah Baabood
Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) Visiting Professor; Former National University of Singapore Middle East Institute Visiting Professor
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Mr. Mohammed Alyahya
Al Arabiya English Editor-in-Chief
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Additional specialists and Conference agenda to be announced soon!
About the Conference:
Since 1992, the National Council's Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference has gathered internationally renowned specialists to analyze, discuss, and debate issues of overarching importance to the American and Arab people's needs, concerns, interests, and key foreign policy objectives. Over several days, Arab and American leaders from government, the military, business, academe, and the community of strategic and intelligence analysts share privileged information, insight, knowledge, and understanding.
The contributions of these renowned American and Arab foreign affairs practitioners to Arab-U.S. policy-centric analyses and assessments are vitally important to the definition of issues, and the ordering of priorities. They are essential to improving the capabilities for better awareness and appreciation of the most significant trends and indications embedded in the challenges and opportunities confronting Arab and U.S. policymakers, decisionmakers, and their respective populations. As with each of the previous Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conferences, the impact of their recommendations, implicit as well as explicit, will influence the direction of policy formulation and implementation in American and Arab governments alike.
The 29th Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference will be broadcast online November 17-19, 2020.
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