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

"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 2019

*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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"U.S.-Arab Relations: What Now?"

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*

Chair:

> Mr. Richard Kaplan - former President of CNN-U.S. and MSNBC; award-winning television news producer; Harvard University Lecturer and Fellow.

Speakers:

> Mr. Mohammed Alyahya - Al Arabiya English Editor-in-Chief.

> Mr. Thomas L. Friedman - New York Times Op-Ed Columnist; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and commentator.

> Ms. Susanne Koelbl - Der Spiegel Military and Foreign Correspondent; Author, Behind the Kingdom's Veil.

> Dr. David Ottaway - Woodrow Wilson Center Middle East Fellow; former Washington Post foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Africa, and Southern Europe; Author, inter alia, of A Tale of Four Worlds: the Arab Region After the Uprising.

> Mr. David H. Rundell - Author, Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads; former United States Diplomat.

> Ms. Barbara Slavin - Atlantic Council Future of Iran Initiative Director; George Washington University Lecturer in International Affairs; Al-Monitor Columnist.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and the World Trade Center Washington, DC Online Discussion. Recorded October 22, 2020.

Welcoming Remarks:

> Mr. Andrew Gelfuso, World Trade Center Washington, DC Director; TCMA at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center Vice President.

Context Provider:

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

Featured Specialists:

> Mr. H. Delano Roosevelt, U.S.-Saudi Business Council President and CEO.

> Mr. Ahmed Abuzinadah, Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. Commercial Attache.

> Mr. Abdulrahman T. Bakir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Investment U.S. Office Vice President.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Online Discussion. Recorded September 10, 2020.

Moderator and Context Provider:

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

Featured Specialist:

> Mr. David H. Rundell, "Vision Or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads" Author and Former United States Diplomat.

Commentator:

> Ambassador (Ret.) Michael Gfoeller, Former United States Diplomat, and Consultant on Foreign Affairs and International Security.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Online Discussion. Recorded August 25, 2020.

Introduction and Context Provider:

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

Moderators:

> Ms. Hanin Al-Sudais, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Research Fellow.

> Mr. Joshua Yaphe, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Scholar-in-Residence.

Speakers:

> Dr. Hoda Al-Helaissi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Majlis al-Shura Member and Bureau of Experts Consultant.

> Dr. Chouki El-Hamel, Arizona State University Professor and Author of Black Morocco.

> Mr. Ismail Kushkush, Freelance Journalist and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Fellow.

> Dr. Muhammad Al-Wuhaib, Kuwait University Department of Philosophy Chairman.

Concluding Remarks:

> Bishop Aubrey Harley, Healthy Choice Ministries (Baltimore, MD).

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Online Discussion. Recorded August 18, 2020.

Featured Specialists:

> Mr. Jalel Harchaoui, Clingendael Institute (The Netherlands Institute of International Relations) Conflict Research Unit Research Fellow.

> Dr. Virginie Collombier, European University Institute of Florence (Italy) Professor; Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies Middle East Directions Programme Scientific Coordinator.

> Mr. Jonathan M. Winer, Former United States Special Envoy for Libya; Middle East Institute Non-Resident Scholar.

Moderator:

> Dr. William Lawrence, American University School of International Service Professor of Political Science and International Affairs.

Welcoming Remarks:

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

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Online Discussion. Recorded June 24, 2020.

Featured Specialists:

> Mr. Rafic Makki, Mubadala Ventures Fellow and Head of Technology.

> Mr. Nasser Al Sheikh, Emirates National Holding Chairman and Former Dubai Finance Department Director General.

> Dr. Omar Al-Ubaidly, Derasat Director of Research.

> Dr. Anita Blanchard, University of North Carolina Charlotte Associate Professor of Psychology and Organization Science.

> Mr. Selim Edde, Google Middle East and North Africa Director and Head of Public Policy.

Welcoming Remarks:

> Mr. Patrick Mancino, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Executive Vice President and Director of Development.

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

Closing Remarks:

> Mr. Mohammed Baharoon, Dubai Public Policy Research Center (b'huth) Director General.

Moderator:

> Mr. Joshua Yaphe, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Scholar-in-Residence.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and Middle East Council of American Chambers of Commerce Online Discussion. Recorded June 17, 2020.

Featured Specialists:

> Mr. Christopher Johnson, Middle East Council of American Chambers of Commerce Chairman; Attorney based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; KKR Saudi Limited Chairman.

> Mr. H. Delano Roosevelt, U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council President and Chief Executive Officer; Former Middle East Council of American Chambers of Commerce Chairman; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member.

> Mr. Ahmed Abuzinadah, Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. Commercial Attache.

Context Provider and Moderator:

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

Welcoming Remarks:

> Mr. Patrick Mancino, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Executive Vice President and Director of Development.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Online Discussion. Recorded June 11, 2020.

Featured Specialists:

> 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.

> Ambassador (Ret.) Richard J. Schmierer, Former United States Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman (2009-2012); Middle East Policy Council Chairman of the Board of Directors and President.

> Professor Linda Pappas Funsch, Author of Oman Reborn: Balancing Tradition and Modernization; Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Research Fellow; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Malone Fellow and International Advisory Board Member.

Context Provider and Moderator:

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

Welcoming Remarks:

> Mr. Patrick Mancino, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Executive Vice President and Director of Development.

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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Virtual Roundtable Discussion. Recorded May 19, 2020.

Featured Specialists:

> HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan, President of the Saudi Arabian Federation for Electronics and Intellectual Sports and the Arab eSports Federation.

> Ms. Shaima Saleh Al-Husseini, Managing Director of the Saudi Sports for All Federation.

> Mr. Mark Clark, CEO of Generations for Peace, a Jordon-based NGO promoting sustainable conflict transformation.

> Mr. Kemp Gouldin, Founder of Because Baseball, a non-profit dedicated to bringing baseball to schools in the Arab world.

> Mr. Ryan Murphy, Middle East specialist in the U.S. State Department's Office of Sports Diplomacy.

> Mr. Hozaifa Al-Maleh, Former member of the Syrian national basketball team and international professional basketball player.

Opening Remarks:

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

Concluding Remarks:

> Dr. Heidi A. Alaskary, CEO of the Special Olympics Saudi Arabian Federation.

Moderator:

> Mr. Joshua Yaphe, Arabian Peninsula Analyst at the U.S. State Department.

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