Banquet Introduction
Edward S. Walker, Former President, Middle East Institute
Banquet Address
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Keynote Introduction
Ambassador Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute
Keynote Address
HRH Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US
Panel I: Collecting and Understanding US Intelligence on the Middle East
Frank Anderson, Central Intelligence Agency (retired)
Rand Beers, Former NSC Counterterrorism Advisor
John L. Moore, Defense Intelligence Agency (retired)
Stanley Moskowitz, Central Intelligence Agency (retired)
Moderator: Wayne White, Intelligence Analyst, State Department (retired)
Panel II: The Escalating Conflict Between Syria, Iran and the US
Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker
Flynt Leverett, Brookings Institution
Hisham Melhem, Al-Arabiya
Moderator: Ambassador Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute
Panel III: Understanding the Global Insurgency
Zaki Chehab, Al-Hayat and LBC TV, author of Inside the Resistance
Alberto Fernandez, NEA/Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, State Department
Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win
Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris
Moderator: Syed Farooq Hasnat, Middle East Institute
Panel IV: Reconstructing Afghanistan and Iraq
Larry Goodson, US Army War College
Ali Jalali, Former Afghan Interior Minister
Phebe Marr, US Institute of Peace
Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq's Permanent Representative to the UN
Moderator: Ambassador David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute
Panel V: Where Will the Energy Come From?
Raad Alkadiri, Petroleum Finance Corporation
David Goldwyn, Executive Director, US-Libya Business Association
Moderator: Herman Franssen, International Energy Associates
Panel VI: Building a Successful Palestinian State
Ross Anthony, RAND Corporation
Laith Arafeh, Advisor on Foreign Policy to the Palestinian National Security Advisor
Shlomo Brom, US Institute of Peace
Steven Simon, RAND Corporation
Panel VII: Arguments for Both the One and Two-State Solutions
Amjad Atallah, Strategic Assessments Initiative
Ehud Eiran, Harvard University
Aaron David Miller, Seeds of Peace
Virginia Tilley, author of The One-State Solution
Moderator: James Bennet, New York Times Magazine
Panel VIII: Negotiations vs. Unilateralism
Gidi Grinstein, Re'ut Institute
Daniel Kurtzer, Visiting Professor, Princeton University
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group
Moderator: Representative Steven Solarz, APCO Worldwide
Banquet Introduction
Edward S. Walker, Former President, Middle East Institute
Banquet Address
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Keynote Introduction
Ambassador Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute
Keynote Address
HRH Turki Al-Faisal, Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the US
Panel I: Collecting and Understanding US Intelligence on the Middle East
Frank Anderson, Central Intelligence Agency (retired)
Rand Beers, Former NSC Counterterrorism Advisor
John L. Moore, Defense Intelligence Agency (retired)
Stanley Moskowitz, Central Intelligence Agency (retired)
Moderator: Wayne White, Intelligence Analyst, State Department (retired)
Panel II: The Escalating Conflict Between Syria, Iran and the US
Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker
Flynt Leverett, Brookings Institution
Hisham Melhem, Al-Arabiya
Moderator: Ambassador Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute
Panel III: Understanding the Global Insurgency
Zaki Chehab, Al-Hayat and LBC TV, author of Inside the Resistance
Alberto Fernandez, NEA/Office of Press and Public Diplomacy, State Department
Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win
Michael Scheuer, author of Imperial Hubris
Moderator: Syed Farooq Hasnat, Middle East Institute
Panel IV: Reconstructing Afghanistan and Iraq
Larry Goodson, US Army War College
Ali Jalali, Former Afghan Interior Minister
Phebe Marr, US Institute of Peace
Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq's Permanent Representative to the UN
Moderator: Ambassador David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute
Panel V: Where Will the Energy Come From?
Raad Alkadiri, Petroleum Finance Corporation
David Goldwyn, Executive Director, US-Libya Business Association
Moderator: Herman Franssen, International Energy Associates
Panel VI: Building a Successful Palestinian State
Ross Anthony, RAND Corporation
Laith Arafeh, Advisor on Foreign Policy to the Palestinian National Security Advisor
Shlomo Brom, US Institute of Peace
Steven Simon, RAND Corporation
Panel VII: Arguments for Both the One and Two-State Solutions
Amjad Atallah, Strategic Assessments Initiative
Ehud Eiran, Harvard University
Aaron David Miller, Seeds of Peace
Virginia Tilley, author of The One-State Solution
Moderator: James Bennet, New York Times Magazine
Panel VIII: Negotiations vs. Unilateralism
Gidi Grinstein, Re'ut Institute
Daniel Kurtzer, Visiting Professor, Princeton University
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group
Moderator: Representative Steven Solarz, APCO Worldwide