Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf [2019 Arab-US Policymakers Conference]
Channel: National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
Date: 2019-10-31

"Geo-Political Dynamics of Arabia and the Gulf"

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:

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

Speakers:

Ambassador (Ret.) Gerald Feierstein – Middle East Institute Senior Vice President; Former U.S. Department of State Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Former United States Ambassador to Yemen.

Ambassador (Ret.) Edward W. Gnehm Jr. – George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Vice Dean, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs, and Middle East Policy Forum Director; Former United States Ambassador to Jordan, Australia, and Kuwait.

Dr. Abdullah Baabood – 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.

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.