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Over the course of an opening plenary and choice of two break-out sessions, you’ll get an array of viewpoints from leading analysts and former government officials on:
Iran’s Nuclear Program and Regional Posturing
Israel’s Relations with the Broader Arab World
The Syrian Civil War, ISIS, and Regional Instability
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Sunday, October 22nd, 2017
2:00PM – 6:00PM
OPENING PLENARY:
SHARED NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURING:
Efraim Halevy, former Director, Mossad
Hon. Michèle Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, US Defense Department; Co-Founder and CEO, CNAS
HRH Prince Turki al-Faisal, former Saudi Chief of Intelligence; former Saudi Ambassador to the US and UK
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One East 65th Street
New York, NY 10065
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OTHER EXPERT DISCUSSANTS INCLUDE:
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Udi Dekel, Managing Director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); former Head, IDF Strategic Planning Division; Member, CIS
Shira Efron, Special Advisor on Israel, RAND Corporation Center on Middle East Public Policy
Elisa Catalano Ewers, former Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, National Security Council; Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS
Ilan Goldenberg, Director, Middle East Security Program, CNAS; former chief of staff to the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations
David Halperin, Executive Director, IPF
Nicholas Heras, Fellow, Middle East Security Program, CNAS
Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute
Frederick Kagan, Resident Scholar and Director, Critical Threats Project, American Enterprise Institute
Kimberly Kagan, Founder and President, Institute for the Study of War
Colin Kahl, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden
Michael J. Koplow, Policy Director, IPF; Author of the “Koplow Column”
Ariel (Eli) Levite, former Principal Deputy Director General for Policy, Israel Atomic Energy Commission; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Nimrod Novik, former Policy Advisor to Shimon Peres; Israel Fellow, IPF; Steering & Executive Committee Member, CIS
Nawaf Obaid, Fellow, Harvard Belfer Center; former Advisor to Saudi Ambassador to US, UK
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amnon Reshef, former Commander of the Israel Armored Corps; Founder and Chairman, CIS
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Director, Energy, Economics and Security Program, CNAS
Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President, Foundation for Defense of Democracies