Arabian Tales: Walking the Winds — Can theatre and music build bridges and cross divides others cannot?

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Featuring:

• Her Royal Highness Princess Dana Firas
• Alina L. Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges
• Lina Attel, Founder and Director General, The Performing Arts Center of The Noor Al Hussein Foundation in Jordan; Co-Director of Arabian Tales
• Kim Peter Kovac, Director for Youth and Family Programs, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Production Manager of Arabian Tales

Comprehensive Peace-Making in the Middle East: What Next?

Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Featuring:

• David Kimche, President, Israel Council of Foreign Relations, Former Deputy Head of Mossad, Former Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry

Introduced and moderated by

• Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
• Mara Rudman, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

What to expect, what to hope for, after Prime Minister Olmert’s visit to Washington

Thursday, November 16, 2006, 12:30pm to 2:00pm

Featuring:

• Gadi Baltiansky - Director General of the Geneva Initiative and former Press Secretary to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

A Roundtable Discussion with Sheikha Lubna al Qasimi

Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 8:30am to 10:00am Featuring:

• Sheikha Lubna al Qasimi, Minister of Economy and Planning of the United Arab Emirates, introduced by The Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of State and trustee of the Center for American Progress.

Moderated by:

• Mara Rudman, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress

Assessing U.S. Policy in Iraq and the Middle East

Monday, March 19, 2007, 8:30am to 1:30pm

• Featured Remarks by Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
• Luncheon Keynote Address by Congressman Lee Hamilton (D-IN)
• Welcome: Melody Barnes, Executive Vice President for Policy at the Center for American Progress

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

Examining Iraq’s Impact on the Middle East and Regional Diplomacy

Time: 9:10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

• Jon Alterman, Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Mara Rudman, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
• Judith Yaphe, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

Moderated by:

• Brian Katulis, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Debating U.S. Military Strategy

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

• Ken Adelman, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations General John M. Keane, United States Army, Retired, and Senior Managing Director and co-founder of Keane Advisors, LLC
• Lawrence Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, and Senior Adviser, Center for Defense Information

Moderated by:

• Peter Rundlet, Vice President and Managing Director for National Security, Center for American Progress