U.S.-Arab Defense Cooperation Dynamics [2019 Arab-US Policymakers Conference]
Channel: National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Date: 2019-11-06

"U.S.-Arab Defense Cooperation Dynamics" 

28th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference: 
"Treading a Tightrope: How Best to Balance and Advance the Multifaceted Arab-U.S. Relationship?" 

Organized by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations 
24 October 2019
Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 
Washington, DC 

Chair:

Dr. Amin Tarzi – Marine Corps University Director of Middle East Studies; University of Southern California Dornsife Washington, D.C. Program Professor of Practice (Political Science); Foreign Policy Research Institute Program on the Middle East Senior Fellow.

Speakers:

Ambassador (Ret.) Lincoln Bloomfield – Stimson Center Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow; Former U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs.

Mr. Norman Roule – Former United States National Intelligence Manager for Iran; United Against a Nuclear Iran Senior Advisor.

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.

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 Attaché; HyphenPoint LLC President; National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Board of Directors Member.

Ms. Jennifer Neuville – Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector Lead for Global Strategic Partnerships.

Commentator:

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