National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Program Audio

"Keynote Discussion with General (Ret.) David Petraeus"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

19 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Moderator:

> Ms. Raghida Dergham - Beirut Institute Founder and Executive Chairman; The National Columnist; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member.

Discussant:

> 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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"Keynote Address by Ambassador John Abizaid"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

19 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Introduction:

> Dr. John Duke Anthony - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.

Speaker:

> Ambassador John Abizaid - United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; former United States Central Command Commander.

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"US-Arab Defense Cooperation Dynamics"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

19 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Chair and Speaker:

> Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk - former U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Senior Military Advisor; former Embassy of the United States in Saudi Arabia Defense and Army Attache; HyphenPoint LLC President; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member.

Additional Speakers:

> Dr. Cinzia Bianco - European Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Fellow; former European Commission Sharaka Project Research Fellow.

> Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman - Center for Strategic and International Studies Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy; Consultant to the U.S. State Department, Defense Department, and intelligence community; former Office of the Secretary of Defense Director of Intelligence Assessment.

> Ms. Kirsten Fontenrose - Atlantic Council Middle East Programs Director of Regional Security; former White House National Security Council Senior Director for Gulf Affairs.

Commentator:

> Mr. Joshua Yaphe - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Scholar-in-Residence; U.S. Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research Arabian Peninsula Analyst.

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"Keynote Remarks from General Kenneth McKenzie"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

19 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Introduction:

> H.E. Dina Kawar - Ambassador of Jordan to the United States; former Jordan Ambassador to the United Nations.

Speakers:

> General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. - United States Central Command Commander; former U.S. Department of Defense Joint Staff Director.

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"Keynote Address by HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

18 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Speaker:

> HRH Princess Reema Bandar Al Saud - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ambassador to the United States; International Olympic Committee Member.

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"Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

18 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Chair:

> Dr. Abdullah Baabood - Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) School of International Liberal Studies Chair for Islamic Area Studies and Visiting Professor; former National University of Singapore Middle East Institute Visiting Professor; former Qatar University Gulf Studies Centre Director; former University of Cambridge (UK) Gulf Research Centre Director.

Speakers:

> H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Hassan - Sultanate of Oman Ambassador to the United Nations; former Oman Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary for Diplomatic Affairs; former Ambassador of Oman to Russia.

> 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.

> Dr. John Duke Anthony - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.

> Mr. Timothy Lenderking - U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Gulf Affairs; former U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

> Ambassador (Ret.) Susan L. 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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"Keynote Remarks from Mr. Joey Hood"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

18 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Introduction:

> Dr. John Duke Anthony - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.

Speaker:

> Mr. Joey Hood - U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary; former U.S. Department of State Deputy Chief of Mission in Iraq and in Kuwait.

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"Keynote Remarks from H.E. Dr. Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

18 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Introduction:

> Dr. John Duke Anthony - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.

Speaker:

> 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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"Arab-U.S. Relations: A View From Egypt"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

17 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Introduction:

> Mr. H. Delano Roosevelt - U.S.-Saudi Business Council President and CEO; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member.

Speaker:

> H.E. Mohamed M. Abou El Enein - Member of the Egyptian Parliament; Cleopatra Group Chairman and Founder; Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean Honorary President; Egyptian-European Business Council President.

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"Keynote Address by Prince Turki Al Faisal"

29th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "The Next U.S. Presidency: Implications for the U.S.-Arab Relationship"

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations

17 November 2020

*Virtual Conference*

Welcome:

> Mr. Leo A. Daly III - LEO A DALY Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Introduction:

> Dr. John Duke Anthony - National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and Chief Executive Officer; Author, inter alia, of Arab States of the Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum; Historical and Cultural Dictionary of the Sultanate of Oman and the Emirates of Eastern Arabia; and The United Arab Emirates: Dynamics of State Formation.

Speaker:

> HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud - King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Chairman; former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and to the United States; former Saudi Arabian General Intelligence Directorate Director General.

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