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The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf’s Secretary General, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, advocated for peace through cooperation in a speech at the National Council on…

Prince Turki Al Faisal Al-Saud, former Saudi ambassador to the U.S., spoke about the evolving relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia at the National Council on Arab-U.S. relations' policymakers conference. The former…

Middle East and foreign policy experts discussed U.S.-Arab relations at a policymakers event hosted by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Several issues were discussed, including future…

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations held its annual policymakers conference. After opening remarks from the chair of the board of directors and the CEO of the council, a panel…

Students in the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations leadership program talked about their internships. They spoke during the National Council on Arab-U.S. Relations annual policymakers…

Lukman Faily, Iraq’s ambassador to the U.S., talked about the ongoing U.S.-Iraq relationship, and the continued need for the international community to come together to combat and eliminate *ISIL. “Iraq-U.S.…

Arab and Palestinian officials and experts spoke about the Palestinian perspective of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They talked about the past, present, and future challenges of the conflict, and offered their…

Panelists gave presentations and then discussed the instability in Yemen and Saudi Arabia’s military intervention against the Iran-backed Houthis. Then Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the U.S. Adel…

The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations hosted a discussion on the newly-announced framework agreement between the P5+1* and Iran on that country’s nuclear program. The framework pushes Iran’s nuclear “breakout…

Middle East policy experts spoke about the on-going civil unrest and the evolving military situation in Syria. Topics included the background of the conflicts, potential U.S. involvement,…

Arabian Gulf states scholars talked about the decline of American power. Kuwait University’s Political Science Professor Abdullah Al-Shayji called the U.S. “a broken superpower” when…

Members of the Arab media remarked on how they view the U.S. while reporting for Middle Eastern networks. They also talked about the changing news environment, including the influence of…

Representatives from both U.S. and Middle Eastern organizations talked about how the uncertain political situation in many countries was contributing to a lack of investment in the region. The forum…

Egypt’s ambassador to the U.S. Mohamed M. Tawfik shared his experiences during on his country’s revolution the previouis year, and how economic growth would be essential to its future. Then…

Ambassadors John Smith and Mohammed Alhussaini Alsharif talked about the state of U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations. Ambassador Smith talked about moderate reforms taking place in the country after the Arab…

Panelists talked about issues of importance to American and Arab relations. The first panel concentrated on Syria and the opposition to Assad’s government. The second panel was on the major…

Former Shell Oil Company President John Hofmeister spoke about U.S. energy policy. He criticized both the Obama administration and Congress among his comments. He said President Obama has no plan to reduce…

Ambassador James Smith spoke about the status of U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations.

Lieutenant General John Allen gave the keynote address at the second day of the Arab-U.S. policymakers conference. He talked about the areas of responsibility, goals, activities, and future…

Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir addressed a U.S.-Arab Relations Conference. In his remarks he talked about the history of relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, military and economic…