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Sponsored by
American University’s
Center for Global Peace and Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies
American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and Center for
Global Peace offer intensive, individualized 3-4 week training institutes for junior and mid-level diplomats from Arab States. The institutes provide indepth briefings on the
complex relationship between American public policy making and politics. Emphasis is placed on analyzing the evolving and interrelated roles of Congress and the Administration,
organized interest groups, and the media in formulating and implementing domestic and foreign policy.
Nationally prominent AU faculty and public policy practitioners provide the training in 4
key areas:
- American Politics and Public Policy Making
- U.S. Foreign Policy Formulation and Implementation
- Operational Aspects of Diplomacy
- Current Theory and Methods in International Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Training will take place at American University and at various outside venues, including
Capitol Hill, the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon.
For further information, please contact Professor Carole A. O’Leary at (202) 895-1328.
AGENDA
AMERICAN POLITICS AND U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY
ON THE EVE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Tuesday, March 23, 1999, 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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5:00 pm-5:15 pm
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Welcoming Remarks
Abdul Aziz Said, Mohammed Said Farsi Professor of Islamic Peace,Director, Center
for Global Peace
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5:15 pm-6:45 pm
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Political Power and American Public Policy Making
Moderator - James A. Thurber, Professor and Director, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, School of Public Affairs
Nancy P. Dorn,
former Special Assistant to Presidents Reagan and Bush for Legislative Affairs; Partner, Hooper Owen Gould &Winburn
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum,
Washington Bureau Chief, FORTUNE Magazine
Mark Perry, Author of A Fire in Zion: Inside the Peace Process (William Morrow, 1994); Director of War and Peace Studies, Vietnam
Veterans of America Foundation
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6:45 pm-7:00 pm
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Break
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7:00 pm-8:30 pm
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U.S. Middle East Policy: Future Directions
Moderator - Abdul Aziz Said, Director, Center for Global Peace
Richard Murphy, former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Senior
Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Kenton Keith, former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar; Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center
Ellen Laipson, Estimates Vice Chairman,
National Intelligence Council
Kenneth Katzman, Congressional Research Service
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8:30 pm-9:00 pm
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Discussion and Closing Remarks
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