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| Staff: | Rachel Bronson, Former Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies |
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October 1, 2001 - Present
The U.S. ability to build productive relationships with Islamic states and people will have a direct and important role in stanching the terrorist threat. This roundtable will continue to focus on the following objectives: to determine how the war is affecting American relations with the Middle East and Islamic world; and provide recommendations to policy makers on how to manage unavoidable differences with key regional partners. Questions addressed throughout the year will be:
• Is the Israeli-Palestinian crisis distracting from the war on terrorism?
• What must Washington ask from key regional partners such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan in the war on terrorism and what should it offer in return?
• Can the United States effectively deter the export of Islamic radicalism, how and at what cost?
Meetings
Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam: Saudi Arabia Today
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speaker: | Nawaf Obaid, Hess Energy Trading Company LLC |
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| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam: Religion in Middle Eastern Schoolbooks - Who Belongs and Who Doesn't
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speakers: | Eleanor Abdella Doumato, Watson Institute, Brown University |
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| Ali Al-Ahmed | |
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Council on Foreign Relations |
Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speaker: | Matthew Levitt, U.S. Department of Treasury |
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| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
Trends in and Implications of WMD Proliferation in the Middle East
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speaker: | James Russell, Senior Lecturer, Naval Post Graduate School |
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| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
12:00-2:00 p.m. Meeting
Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam: Israel's Fateful Choices
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speaker: | Asher Susser, Director, Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University |
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| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East and Gulf Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
12:00-2:00 p.m. Meeting
The Middle East Landscape and America's Options
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Speaker: | Amir Taheri |
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| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
Discussion with Hussein Shobokshi
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Hussein Shobokshi, Shobokshi Development & Trading |
Faith at War: Reports from the Islamic World
Related Projects: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam, Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy Project
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speakers: | Yaroslav Trofimov, Staff Correspondent for Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia Bureaus, The Wall Street Journal, Author of Faith at War: A Journey on the Frontlines of Islam, from Baghdad to Timbuktu |
| Eliza Griswold, Freelance Journalist |
Promoting Democracy in the Middle East: Do We Know How to Be Effective?
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
Confronting Iraq's Security and Economic Challenges
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Samir Sumaida'ie, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations |
Willful Blindness: The Bush Administration and Iraq
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Trudy S. Rubin, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer |
Integration or Repression: Building the Saudi State
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East and Gulf Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Mai Yamani, Associate Fellow, Royal Institute for International Affairs |
Saudi Arabia and the WTO
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Dorothy Dwoskin, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the WTO, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative |
Why Ariel Sharon's Withdrawal Plan Makes Sense
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Clinton Bailey |
Contact Meredith Angelson at (212) 434-9660 or mangelson@cfr.org
Syria-Israel-Lebanon Triangle
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Michael Young, The Daily Star |
Contact Kareem Idriss at (212) 434-9680 or kidriss@cfr.org
The Future of Iraq: Oil, Politics, Where are We Going?
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speakers: | Hassan Fatah, Iraq Today |
| Issam Chalabi, Al-Sanam for Petroleum & Economic Consultancy |
Saudi Education and the Prospects for Reform
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Richard W. Murphy |
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| Speakers: | William A. Rugh, University of Vermont |
| F. Gregory Gause III, Columbia University | |
| Lisa Anderson, University of Texas at Austin | |
| Gwenn Okruhlik, The Watson Institute | |
| Eleanor Doumato |
The Challenges Facing the Middle East
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Frank G. Wisner, American International Group, Inc. |
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| Speaker: | Nabil Fahmy, Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
Building Civil Society Institutions in Saudi Arabia: A View from Inside
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker |
Contact Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
Building Security in Afghanistan: Lessons Learned
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presiders: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Mahnaz Ispahani | |
| Speaker: | Karl Eikenberry, Department of Defense |
Contact Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
This meeting is co-sponsored with the Roundtable on Alternative Futures for Southern Asia and U.S. Policy, a project directed by Mahnaz Ispahani, Senior Fellow for South and West Asia.
A Conversation with Nizar Hamdoon
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Nizar Hamdoon |
A Conversation with Robert M. Perito
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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Contact Inga-britt Hunter at 212-434-9688 or ihunter@cfr.org
Iran
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Ray Takeyh, Yale University |
| Nasser Hadian, Tehran University/SIPA |
Contact Daniel Bloch at 212-434-9784 or dbloch@cfr.org
Meeting Cancelled
A Conversation with Robert Jordan
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Robert W. Jordan, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, U.S. Department of State |
Contact Daniel Bloch at 212-434-9784 or dbloch@cfr.org
The Tragedy of the Middle East: Why the Region Is Really in a Mess
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Scott B. Lasenksy |
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| Speaker: | Barry Rubin, Global Search for International Affairs |
Contact: Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
Helping the Good Guys in the Middle East: U.S. Diplomacy and the Case of Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speaker: | Barbara Ibrahim |
Contact Daniel Bloch at 212-434-9784 or dbloch@cfr.org
Iraqi Kurdistan: Trip Report
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | David L. Phillips |
Contact: Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
Middle East Peace: Options for Moving Forward
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Shai Feldman, Tel Aviv University |
Contact: Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
Iraq and the Next Phase
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Amatzia Baram, University of Haifa |
Contact: Rachel Abramson at 212-434-9660 or rabramson@cfr.org
A Talk with the Editor of Arab News
Related Project: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam
| Presider: | Rachel Bronson |
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| Speaker: | Jamal Khashoggi, Arab News |
Contact: Sarah Saghir at 212-434-9627 or ssaghir@cfr.org
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For more information on the David Rockefeller Studies Program, contact:
Gary Samore
Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
+1.212.434.9627
gsamore@cfr.org
Sebastian Mallaby
Director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for
Geoeconomic Studies, Deputy Director of Studies, and Paul A. Volcker Senior
Fellow for International Economics
smallaby@cfr.org
Janine Hill
Deputy Director of Studies Administration
+1.212.434.9753
jhill@cfr.org
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