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National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Briefing Program. Recorded April 14, 2023. Featured Specialists: > Dr. Shihab Kuran, Leader of renewable energy projects in Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere; Power Edison Founder, President, and CEO. > Mr. Phillip Cornell, Economist Impact Principal for Energy and Sustainability; Atlantic Council Senior Fellow; former Saudi Aramco, International Energy Agency, and World Bank Group Advisor. Moderator: > Mr. Colby Connelly, Energy Intelligence Senior Research Analyst; Middle East Institute Program on Economics and Energy Non-Resident Scholar. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Briefing Program. Recorded March 14, 2023. Context Provider: > Dr. John Duke Anthony, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO; Author, inter alia, of "Arab States of The Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum." Featured Specialist: > Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies Emeritus Chair in Strategy; Formerly Served the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, and State, and the White House National Security Council. Moderator: > Mr. David Des Roches, U.S. Department of Defense National Defense University Near East/South Asia Center for Strategic Studies Associate Professor; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Senior International Affairs Fellow. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Briefing Program. Recorded March 8, 2023. Context Provider: > Dr. John Duke Anthony, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Founding President and CEO; Author, inter alia, of "Arab States of The Lower Gulf: People, Politics, Petroleum." Featured Specialists: > Mr. David H. Rundell, Author of "Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads," Former Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Saudi Arabia, and National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations International Advisory Board Member. > Ambassador (Ret.) Michael Gfoeller, Former United States Diplomat, and Consultant on Foreign Affairs and International Security. Moderator: > Colonel (Ret.) Abbas K. Dahouk, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member; Former U.S. Department of State Senior Military Advisor; Former U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia Defense and Army Attache; HyphenPoint LLC President. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Briefing Program. Recorded February 23, 2023. Featured Specialist: > Dr. Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies Emeritus Chair in Strategy; Formerly Served the U.S. Departments of Defense, Energy, and State, and the White House National Security Council. Moderator: > Mr. David Des Roches, U.S. Department of Defense National Defense University Near East/South Asia Center for Strategic Studies Associate Professor; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Senior International Affairs Fellow. Welcome: > Mr. Patrick Mancino, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Executive Vice President and Director of Development. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Lebanon in Focus" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Speakers: > Colonel (Ret.) Abbas Dahouk, National Council Board of Directors Member; former Senior Military Advisor to U.S. Department of State; former U.S. Defense and Army Attach´ to Saudi Arabia; HyphenPoint LLC Founding Principal. > Ambassador (Ret.) Edward Gabriel, American Task Force on Lebanon President and CEO; former United States Ambassador to Morocco (1997-2001). Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Syria and Iraq in Focus" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Speakers: > Dr. Andrew Parasiliti, Al-Monitor President and Chief Content Officer; former RAND Center for Global Risk and Security Director. > Ambassador (Ret.) James F. Jeffrey, former U.S. Department of State Special Representative for Syria Engagement (2018-2020) and Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS (2019-2020); former United States Ambassador to Iraq (2010-2012) and Turkey (2008-2010). > Dr. Denise Natali, U.S. Department of Defense National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies Director; former U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Conflict and Stabilization Operations. > Dr. Abbas Kadhim, Atlantic Council Iraq Initiative Director and Senior Fellow; Author, Reclaiming Iraq: The 1920 Revolution and the Founding of the Modern State. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Remarks from the League of Arab States" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Speaker: > H.E. Dr. Khaled bin Mohamed Al-Manzlawiy, League of Arab States Assistant Secretary General for International Political Affairs; former Deputy Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations and Vice Chairman of the UN Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Oman in Focus" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Speakers: Dr. Zakaria Al Muharrami, Sultan Qaboos University Professor; Author of numerous books and essays on Oman's modernization and development as well as the Sultanate's role in regional and global affairs. Ambassador (Ret.) Dr. 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. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Keynote Remarks by H.E. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Albusaidi" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Speaker: > H.E. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, Sultanate of Oman Foreign Minister. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Keynote Remarks by HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Keynote 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. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Presentation of GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN EMPOWERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AWARD" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Accepted By: > Ms. Dina Powell McCormick, Goldman Sachs Global Head of Sovereign Coverage Business; former White House Deputy National Security Advisor. > Ms. Reem Fawzy, Rimo Tours and Pink Taxi CEO. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.

"Geopolitical Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf" 31st Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: "Arab-U.S. Uncertainties and Constants: What Lies Ahead?" Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 03 November 2022 Held at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in the heart of Washington, DC Chair: > Dr. Kenneth Katzman, U.S. Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Specialist in Middle East Affairs. Speakers: > Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Gulf Research Center Founder and Chairman; National Council International Advisory Board Member. > 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. Visit www.ncusar.org for more information.