20th annual US-Arab Policy Makers' Conference

20th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

Dynamics of Recent Events in the Arab World: Framing the U.S. Response

October 27 - 28, 2011
Washington, DC

20th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:
http://ncusar.org/programs/20AUSPC-sponsor-info.pdf

REGISTRATION FORM:
http://ncusar.org/programs/20AUSPC-registration-form.pdf

TRANSCRIPTS & VIDEO FROM THE 2010 CONFERENCE:
http://ncusar.org/programs/2010auspc.html

Location:

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC

A government-issued, photo identification is necessary to enter the Ronald Reagan Building.


RECENTLY CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud served as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States from September 13, 2005 until February 12, 2007. From 1977 to 2001, he served as the Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate, the Kingdom's main foreign intelligence service. Prince Turki is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. Prince Turki serves as a member of the Boards of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud

Mr. Robert Lacey

Mr. Robert Lacey is a British historian noted for his original research, which gets him close to - and often living alongside - his subjects. In 1978 he took his family to live in Jeddah where he wrote The Kingdom: Arabia & the House of Sa'ud (1982), his acclaimed study of Saudi Arabia in the oil boom. His recent work Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists, and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia (2009) brings the story up to date and has been praised by the Financial Times as "a book of startling insights . . . Lacey's sympathetic engagement with the struggles, triumphs and defeats of average Saudi men and women makes an important contribution to building greater understanding between Saudi Arabia and the West." Mr. Robert Lacey

Ms. Molly Williamson

Ms. Molly Williamson speaks extensively on US foreign policy, the interagency process, energy, economic and demographic factors affecting policy formulation, and US-Middle East relations, especially the Israel-Palestine conflict, Iran, and nuclear challenges. Williamson is a scholar with the Middle East Institute, a consultant, lectures at Johns Hopkins University Osher Institute, and is a Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. She is a former Foreign Service Officer, having served six presidents, and achieved the rank of Career Minister. She is also a member of Georgetown University's MSFS oral boards, a Board member of the American Foreign Service Association, and Board member of the American Academy of Diplomacy. Molly Williamson


CONFERENCE MODERATOR AND FACILITATOR

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

Dr. John Duke Anthony is the Founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. He is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Defense's Institute for Security Assistance Management, an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, and a Member of the U.S. Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP) as well as the ACIEP's Subcommittees on Sanctions and Trade and Investment.

PUBLICATIONS FROM DR. JOHN DUKE ANTHONY


2010 CONFERENCE SPONSORS

2010 Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference Sponsors


ABOUT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS

Founded in 1983, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations is an American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world. The Council has been granted public charity status in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The National Council does not employ or retain a lobbyist.

Vision

The National Council's vision is a relationship between the United States and its Arab partners, friends, and allies that rests on as solid and enduring a foundation as possible. Such a foundation, viewed from both ends of the spectrum, is one that would be characterized by strengthened and expanded strategic, economic, political, commercial, and defense cooperation ties; increased joint ventures; a mutuality of benefit; reciprocal respect for each other's heritage and values; and overall acceptance of each other's legitimate needs, concerns, interests, and objectives.

Mission

The National Council's mission is educational. It seeks to enhance American awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the Arab countries, the Mideast, and the Islamic world. Its means for doing so encompass but are not limited to programs for leadership development, people-to-people exchanges, lectures, publications, an annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference, and the participation of American students and faculty in Arab world study experiences. As a public service, the Council also serves as an information clearinghouse and participant in national, state, and local grassroots outreach to media, think tanks, and select community, civic, educational, religious, business, and professional associations. In these ways the Council helps strengthen and expand the overall Arab-U.S. relationship.