Arab-US Policymakers Conference (AUSPC) 2006
Washington, DC -- October 30-31, 2006

Day Two - The 25th Anniversary of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): A Forum on the Future of the GCC

Session #6 - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): 25 Years of Accomplishments and Challenges

Introduction - Dr. John Duke Anthony, President, National Council on US-Arab Relations. 

Moderators: H.E. Shaikh Terky bin Rashid Al-Khalifah, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain;  

and Rear Admiral Harold J. Bernsen, (USN, Ret.) Chairman, Board of Directors, National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations; President, Board of Trustees of Physicians for Peace; Director, American-Bahraini Friendship Society; former Commander, U.S. Middle East Force; and Director Emeritus, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.  

Panelists:

• “Impact and Implications for GCC Interests and Policies of the Situation in Iraq” -- Dr. Michael Collins Dunn, Editor of The Estimate and Editor of The Middle East Journal; noted specialist on Middle Eastern defense and security issues; and former professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.  

• “Impact and Implications for GCC Interests and Policies of the Situation in Iran” -- Dr. Kenneth Katzman, Senior Analyst of Gulf Affairs, Congressional Research Service, with special emphasis on Iran, Iraq, the GCC countries, Afghanistan, and violent groups operating in the Middle East and South Asia; author, U.S.-Iran Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws, and Regulations; co-author, “The Warriors of Islam: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard;” and author of papers on the ballistic missile capabilities of Iran for the Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States (“The Rumsfeld Commission”); formerly, Majority Staff Member, International Relations Committee, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, and consultant to CBS News on Al Qaeda and related Islamic extremist organizations.  

• “Reflections on the Way Forward Regarding U.S. Policies Toward the GCC Countries, Iran and Iraq -- Dr. Joseph Moynihan, Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Africa, Northrop Grumman; Founding Deputy Director for Research, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research; former AWACS Group Commander; and Visiting Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.  

• Panel Questions and Answers