Editor's Note:

The 16th Annual Arab US-Policymakers Conference closed yesterday following two days of insightful presentations and speeches fitting to the topic: Revisiting Arab-U.S. Strategic Relations: Geo-Political, Energy, Defense Cooperation, and Developmental Dynamics.

Today we are pleased to offer an index of audio recordings for AUSPC 2007 sessions that may be of interest to SUSRIS readers. These links will take you to the SUSRIS web site where you can access audio files from many of the presentations. As transcripts become available they will be posted, with some distributed as SUSRIS "Items of Interest." Check the SUSRIS articles index in the coming days, or keep an eye open for SUSRIS e-newsletters arriving at your inbox.

The AUSPC is presented by the National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR).

[Note: Day 1 morning presentations are not available thru SUSRIS. Check NCUSAR web site for more information on those panels.] 

Keynote Address - Senator Chuck Hagel


Geo-Political Dynamics: Iran and Iraq

Amb Ronald Neumann - Chair, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Algeria and Bahrain 

Dr. Judith Yaphe, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University


Dr. Trita Parsi, President, National American Iranian Affairs Council
 

Dr. Edmund Ghareeb, Mustafa Barzani Scholar of Global Kurdish Affairs 


Dr. Kenneth Katzman, Senior Middle East Specialist, Congressional Research Service 
 

Panel Questions and Answers 


Energy

Dr. Frank Verrastro - Chair, Director, CSIS Energy Program 

Hon. Clay Sell, DepSec and COO, US Dept of Energy
 

Dr. Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani, President and CEO, Aramco Services Corp


Michael J. Dolan, President, ExxonMobil Chemical Co, and VP, ExxonMobil Corp
 

John D. Hofmeister, President, Shell Oil Co.


Gary R. Heminger, Exec VP, Marathon Oil Co and President Marathon Petroleum Co. 


Sigmund L. Cornelius, Senior VP, ConocoPhillips 


Panel Questions and Answers 


Defense Cooperation Panel

MajGen William Nash (Ret) Chair 

Dr. Anthony Cordesman
 

Dr. John Peterson 
 

LtGen Martin Dempsey


Panel Questions and Answers  

Developmental Dynamics 

Dr. Joseph Moynihan, Chair 

Amb Shaun Donnelly, Asst US Trade Rep 
 

Jeremy Jones, Senior Strategic Fellow, Oxford Center for Islamic Studies 
 

Dr. Odeh Aburdene, President OAI Advisors 

Dr. Abdelrahim Foukara, Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeerah International
 

Panel Questions and Answers 

Keynote - Dr. Hussein Hassouna
 

Keynote - Amb Butler
 

Related Items:

National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR) Web Site