Ad hoc meetings on the Middle East

General Meeting

The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

Panelist: Barnett R. Rubin, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Preventive Action, and Director, Peace and Conflict Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Speaker: Ahmed Rashid, Correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph
April 10, 2000

Contact: Haleh Nazeri 212-434-9627 or hnazeri@cfr.org

General Meeting

The Middle East Process After the Israeli Elections: An Egyptian Perspective

Presider: Henry Siegman, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S./Middle East Project
Speaker: Amre Moussa, Foreign Minister, Egypt
June 24, 1999

General Meeting

Qatar's Foreign Policy Toward the Peace Process and the Gulf

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb
Speaker: Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Foreign Minister of Qatar
March 1, 1999

General Meeting

Israel's Elections and Middle East Peace

Presider: Henry Siegman, Senior Fellow and Director, U.S./Middle East Project, Council on Foreign rRelations
Speaker: Amnon Lipkin, Lt. Gen. (Ret.); former Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Forces
January 26, 1999

Lt. General Lipkin-Shahak, having just retired as Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, is leadig a new Israeli Centrist Party that will participate in the upcoming elections.

General Meeting

The State of the American-Israeli Alliance

Presider: Robert K. Lifton
Speaker: Uzi Arad, Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
January 14, 1999

General Meeting

Three Perspectives on Peace

Introductory Speaker: Fatin Muhawi, Coordinator, Democracy and Human Rights Jerusalem Center for Women
Presider: Raghida Dergham, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al-Hayat
Speakers: Nahla Asali, Lecturer in English Literature, Birzeit University, West Bank
Michel Shohat, Member, Municipal Council of Jerusalem
January 8, 1999

Three women of different faiths discuss the Middle East Peace process.

General Meeting

After May 4: Palestinian Options and Strategies

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Khalil Shikaki, Center for Palestine Research and Studies
October 26, 1998

General Meeting

The Middle East after Oslo

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speakers: Nabil Elaraby, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
Nasser Al-Kidwa, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations
Dore Gold
October 7, 1998

General Meeting

Current Developments in the Middle East

Presider: Robert K. Lifton
Speaker: Amre Moussa, Foreign Minister of Egypt
October 1, 1998

General Meeting

Civil Society, Women, and the Evolution of Democracy in Egypt

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Mona Makram, Former Member of Parliament, Egypt
June 22, 1998

General Meeting

Egypt and the Global Capital Markets

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Youssef Boutros, Ministry of Economy, Egypt
April 8, 1998

General Meeting

The Middle East in Transition: A Perspective from the Gulf

Presider: Leslie H. Gelb
Speaker: Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Minister of Foreign Afairs, Qatar
April 3, 1998

General Meeting

The MENA Bank: A New Development Bank for the Middle East

Presider: Frank G. Wisner
Speaker: David Dunford, Coordinator and Former U.S. Ambassador to Oman
March 20, 1998

General Meeting

The State of U.S.-Egyptian Relations

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Daniel Kurtzer, U.S. Department of State
December 18, 1997

General Meeting

Orthodox Perspectives on the Peace Process

Presider: Robert K. Lifton
Speaker: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, Ohr Torah Institutions
December 9, 1997

General Meeting

The MENA Economic Summit in Doha, Qatar

Presider: Alan Hegburg
Speaker: Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
October 27, 1997

General Meeting

What Now? The Aftermath of Secretary Albright's Visit to the Middle East

Presider: Robert K. Lifton
Speaker: General Ephraim Sneh (Ret.), Memeber of Kenesset, Israel
September 16, 1997

General Meeting

The Middle East Peace Process at a Crossroads: A Palestinian View

Presider: Bernard Lewis
Speaker: Saeb Erakat, Palestinian Authority
July 15, 1997

General Meeting

Promoting the Middle East Peace Process

Presider: Esther R. Newberg
Speaker: Dennis B. Ross, U.S. Department of State
March 13, 1997

General Meeting

The Peace Process after Hebron: A Palestinian Perspective

Presider: Robert D. Hormats
Speaker: Yasir Arafat, President, Palestinian National Authority
March 5, 1997

General Meeting

Update on the Peace Process and U.S.-Egypt Relations

Presider: Robert K. Lifton
Speaker: Amre Moussa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Egypt
March 4, 1997

General Meeting

Israeli-Palestinian Relations

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Yair Hirschfeld, Tel Aviv University, Israel
December 11, 1996

General Meeting

The Future of Jerusalem

Presider: Fouad Ajami
Speaker: Meron Benvenisti, Former Mayor of Jerusalem
November 4, 1996

General Meeting

An Israeli Perspective on Radical Islam and the Peace Process

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Emmanuel Sivan, Hebrew University, Israel
October 7, 1996

General Meeting

Is the Peace Process in Crisis?

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Amre Moussa, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Egypt
September 25, 1996

General Meeting

Perspectives on the Middle East Peace Process

Presider: Henry Siegman
Speaker: Amre Moussa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
July 25, 1996

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Ad hoc meetings on the Middle East

Meetings

The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

The Middle East Process After the Israeli Elections: An Egyptian Perspective

Qatar's Foreign Policy Toward the Peace Process and the Gulf

Israel's Elections and Middle East Peace

The State of the American-Israeli Alliance

Three Perspectives on Peace

After May 4: Palestinian Options and Strategies

The Middle East after Oslo

Current Developments in the Middle East

Civil Society, Women, and the Evolution of Democracy in Egypt

Egypt and the Global Capital Markets

The Middle East in Transition: A Perspective from the Gulf

The MENA Bank: A New Development Bank for the Middle East

The State of U.S.-Egyptian Relations

Orthodox Perspectives on the Peace Process

The MENA Economic Summit in Doha, Qatar

What Now? The Aftermath of Secretary Albright's Visit to the Middle East

The Middle East Peace Process at a Crossroads: A Palestinian View

Promoting the Middle East Peace Process

The Peace Process after Hebron: A Palestinian Perspective

Update on the Peace Process and U.S.-Egypt Relations

Israeli-Palestinian Relations

The Future of Jerusalem

An Israeli Perspective on Radical Islam and the Peace Process

Is the Peace Process in Crisis?

Perspectives on the Middle East Peace Process

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