"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.

Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.