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Arab-US
Policymakers Conference (AUSPC) 2006
Washington, DC -- October 30-31, 2006
Day
One - Taking Stock of the Saudi Arabian-US
Relationship: Examining the Implications for
Interests and Policies
Session
One - Taking Stock of the Saudi Arabian-US
Relationship
Moderator:
Dr. Afnan Al-Shuaiby, Advisor to the
President of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business
Council, Washington, D.C; formerly a business
consultant to major U.S. companies and
commercial associations, including Walt Disney
World Company and the Business Council. 
Keynote
Speaker: “Saudi Arabia and America: Where Are
We Headed?” -- H.E. Abdalla A. Alireza,
Minister of State, Saudi Arabian Council of
Ministers; former Co-Chairman, National
U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Panelists:
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“Saudi
Arabian-U.S. Relations: A Balance Sheet on
the Issues of Greatest Importance to Both”
-- The Hon. Robert Jordan, Partner,
Baker and Botts; President, Dallas Committee
on Foreign Relations; Member, Board of
Directors, the John G. Tower Center for
Political Studies; in addition to having
served as personal attorney to President
George W. Bush, he was U.S. Ambassador to
Saudi Arabia 2001-2003.
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“The
Dynamics of Educational Reform in the
Kingdom: A Balance Sheet” -- H.E. Dr.
Khalil Al-Khalil, Member, Majlis
ash-Shura [National Consultative Council],
Riyadh and Professor, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud
Islamic University, Riyadh.
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“Women’s
Rights and Development in the Kingdom: An
Analytical Assessment” -- Dr. Eleanor
Abdella Doumato, Visiting Fellow at the
Watson Institute for International Studies,
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;
former president of the Association for
Middle East Women’s Studies; co-editor of,
inter alia, Getting God’s Ear: Women,
Islam, and Healing in Saudi Arabia and the
Gulf, plus author of essays on women in
Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Gulf in
numerous edited volumes and monographs as
well as scholarly journals and
encyclopedias.
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“The
Mystery of Saudi Arabia - Where Does It
Fit?" -- H.E. Bandar al-Aiban,
Chairman Foreign Relations Committee, Majlis
ash-Shura [National Consultative Council],
Riyadh
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Questions
and Answers
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