Note: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns will deliver remarks at approximately 12:45 pm. His remarks will be on the record. I will then moderate an off the record Q&A session with Secretary Burns, during which time this LIVE STREAM will cut out. We will then return at approximately 2:00 pm for our third panel discussion.
Today, I am co-charing a major national policy forum on US-Saudi economic and strategic perspectives on the Middle East and global economic and security system.
We have quite a line-up which I’ll share below. C-Span will be airing parts of the conference, but the entire program will run live here on The Washington Note — and video will be posted here for later viewing.
The event is full beyond capacity — so watching the streaming on the internet may be most comfortable for folks.
The entire program is here:
The New America Foundation and the Committee for International Trade
cordially invite you to a major national policy forum
US-SAUDI RELATIONS IN A WORLD WITHOUT EQUILIBRIUM
Monday, 27 April 2009
The Four Seasons Hotel
2800 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC
8:00 am
Registration & Coffee
8:45 am
Welcoming Remarks
9:00 am
A Forward Projection of What the Saudi-US Relationship Should Look Like and Needs to Achieve
The Honorable Chuck Hagel
Former United States Senator
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance, Georgetown University
Chairman, Atlantic Council of the United States
His Excellency HRH Turki Al-Faisal
Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies
Former Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States
Former Director, Saudi Arabia Intelligence Services
Rita E. Hauser
Chairperson, International Peace Institute
Chair, Director’s Council, New America Foundation
The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski
Trustee & Counselor, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Chair, Center for Middle East Public Policy, RAND Corporation
Former National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter
Co-Author, America and the World: Conversations on the Future of US Foreign Policy
The Honorable Abdulla Alireza
Minister of Commerce, Saudi Arabia
moderator
Steve Clemons
Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
Publisher, The Washington Note
10:30 am
Economics as a National Security Imperative: Challenges for Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
The Honorable Ibrahim Al-Assaf
Minister of Finance, Saudi Arabia
Brad Bourland
Chief Economist, Jadwa Investments
Former Chief Economist, Samba Financial Group
The Honorable Muhammad Al-Jasser
Governor, Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority
Heidi Crebo-Rediker
Chief, International Finance and Economics
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Flynt Leverett
Director, Geopolitics of Energy Initiative, New America Foundation
Former Senior Director for the Middle East, National Security Council
moderator
Jane Sasseen
Washington Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek
12:00 pm
Blackberry Break
12:15 pm
Luncheon and Address
America’s Strategic Choices and Challenges in the Arabian Gulf and Beyond
The Honorable William J. Burns
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
Former US Ambassador to Russia
1:45 pm
Blackberry Break
2:00 pm
Through Saudi Arabia’s Window and Other Lenses: Middle East Dynamics and Stakeholder Challenges
The Honorable Anne-Marie Slaughter
Director of Policy Planning, Department of State
Former Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
His Excellency Nigel Sheinwald
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States
Former Foreign Policy and Defense Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair
The Honorable Abdulrahman Al-Saeed
Director General, Specialized Studies Center/Riyadh
Advisor to the Royal Court
The Honorable Wyche Fowler
Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Former United States Senator
Joseph McMillan
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs
Department of Defense
His Excellency Pierre Vimont
Ambassador of France to the United States
Former Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of France
moderator
Edward Luce
Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times
3:30 pm
Closing Comments and Adjournment
Steve Clemons
Director, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation
and Publisher, The Washington Note
The Honorable Abdulrahman Al-Saeed
Director General, Specialized Studies Center/Riyadh
Advisor to the Royal Court
— Steve Clemons
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