WorldAffairs 2005 Conference Program

1. THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL’S 59TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AT ASILOMAR
Meeting the Challenges
of the Middle East
APRIL 29–MAY 1, 2005
Asilomar Conference Center Pacific Grove, California
For more than half a century, the World Affairs Council’s Annual Conference
has been the most prestigious international affairs conference on the
West Coast. This year’s panels of scholars, government officials, diplomats,
and journalists will discuss the future of the Middle East.

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The World Affairs Council of Northern California
In 1947, many nations were recovering from World War II. Leaders and citizens looked for ways to
rebuild their lives and recover from the immense damage that had been inflicted. Hundreds of thousands
of Americans, many of whom had never left their hometowns before joining the war effort, had traveled
far away to fight against as well as help people they would otherwise have never met. As a result, many
people formed new perspectives on the world—on nations and people they had come to know, on policies Welcome to the World Affairs Council’s 59th Conference at Asilomar.
the United States should adopt, and on the importance of reasoning conflicts before they escalated.
We look forward to joining you in this beautiful setting to learn from the speakers, to contribute
At this time, a group of Bay Area citizens recognized the need to increase public understanding of to the discussion, and to enjoy the many social activities that are planned.
international issues, and founded the World Affairs Council of Northern California to fulfill this
This year’s conference will examine the future of the Middle East, a region more important than
mission. They wanted to put to use this new collective consciousness and the power of a renewed global
ever to our security and foreign policy. The conference will commence with a look at future scenarios
perspective among an informed citizenry. They knew that future generations would benefit from the
for the region. We’ll focus on Iraq and the Persian Gulf and developments between Israel and the
wisdom and experience of their predecessors.
Palestinian Territories. We will also examine the evolution of democracy, and challenges of economic
Today, the World Affairs Council continues to be the active voice in Northern California, stressing the and social development. And we’ll look at the role played by different actors—from religious move-
importance of international engagement. The Council strives to be a valuable resource to our members ments to multilateral institutions to the media—in shaping the region’s future. The conference will
and the broader community looking to understand the impact of global issues and events on their daily conclude on Sunday by focusing on policy prescriptions for the United States in the region.
lives. Located in downtown San Francisco, the Council reaches out to the broader local, national, and
Almost 100 students and teachers will be participating in this year’s conference, thanks to the
international community with chapters throughout the Bay Area, its membership in a nationwide network
generosity of our donors, whom you will recognize by the red apples on their nametags. If you are
of World Affairs Councils, its weekly radio program broadcast locally on KQED, students and educators
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who seek to complement their curriculum with international resources, and a growing online presence.
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Membership in the World Affairs Council supports these activities:
plenaries and breakout sessions and as hosts for our numerous social events. Moreover, we thank
• Over 200 lectures, debates, seminars and conferences annually our speakers for taking time off from their busy schedules to spend the weekend with us.
• The Schools Program, serving over 100,000 students and teachers in the Bay Area
This weekend represents a long tradition for the World Affairs Council and Asilomar. Thank you
• Media outreach through our website and weekly NPR radio program, broadcast locally on KQED
for joining us and contributing to this legacy. Whether you are an expert leading a discussion of
(Monday evenings at 8 PM on 88.5 FM)
your life’s work or a student learning about U.S. foreign policy for the first time, we are glad to
• Several Chapters around the Bay, which bring programming closer to our members’ homes
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George James Jane Wales
• The Study Group, a noon-time series run by a group of dedicated volunteers
Chairman of the Board President & CEO
• The Helen Brown Lombardi Library, which houses approximately 8,000 volumes, 1,000 audio
recordings of Council programs, and over 140 periodicals and newspapers, also provides
access to online and CD-ROM databases and international career resources

3. Agenda Agenda
Meeting the Challenges of the Middle East April 29–May 1, 2005
Friday, April 29 10:15–10:30 AM Break
3:00–10:00 PM Registration Administration Building, Lobby
10:30–12:00 PM PLENARY 3: Prospects for Peace between Israel and Palestine Merrill Hall
Session Chair: Ambassador Richard Sklar, Former Presidential Special Representative
5:00–6:00 PM Welcome Reception Seascape for Economic Reform in Southeast Europe
Israel’s Approach to the Palestinians: A Paradigm Change
5:00–6:00 PM Student Orientation Administration Building Patio
Shai Feldman, Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University
6:00–7:30 PM Dinner Crocker Dining Hall Negotiating for Freedom
Diana Buttu, Legal Advisor, Negotiations Affairs Department, the Palestine Liberation Organization
8:00 PM Welcome Merrill Hall
Chairman Michael Nacht, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, 12:00–1:00 PM Lunch Crocker Dining Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Lunch for Scholarship Recipients and Donors
8:00–10:00 PM PLENARY I: Thinking about the Future of the Middle East Merrill Hall
1:30–3:00 PM BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Session Chair: Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council of Northern California
Scenarios: Planning for the Future SESSION 1: Challenges of Democracy: Transitions Merrill Hall
Peter Schwartz, Cofounder and Chairman, Global Business Network Session Chair: Chuck Frankel, Third Sector Consultant
Challenges to Democracy The Future of Iran: A Secular Democratic State?
Marina Ottaway, Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Project, Dariush Zahedi, Visiting Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Lebanon and the Bush Doctrine?
Challenges and Responses in the Middle East: An Arab Perspective As’ad Abukhalil, Professor, California State University, Stanislaus;
Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Global South, American University Visiting Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Democratization in the Gulf: A New Challenge for Traditional Monarchies
10:00–11:00 PM Reception Seascape Joseph Kéchichian, CEO, Kéchichian & Associates, LLC
SESSION 2: Resources and Economic Development Nautilus
Saturday, April 30 Session Chair: William H. Draper III, General Partner, Draper Richards
7:30–8:30 AM Breakfast Crocker Dining Hall Reflections on the Arab Human Development Report
Ambassador Clovis Maksoud, Director, Center for the Global South, American University
Speakers’ Breakfast Woodlands
Twin Pillars: Economic Development and the Rule of Law
Student–Mentor Breakfast Seascape Ambassador Richard Sklar, Former Presidential Special Representative for
Economic Reform in Southeast Europe
8:45–10:15 AM PLENARY 2: Whither Iraq and the Persian Gulf Sub Region? Merrill Hall
Session Chair: Skip Rhodes, Manager, Corporate Community Involvement, ChevronTexaco SESSION 3: The Media: Covering the Conflicts Chapel
Session Chair: Andrew Ross, Executive Foreign-National Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle
Lessons on Iraq: US Intentions vs. the Realities
Judith Miller, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Correspondent, The New York Times Captives of Our Cultures: How the World Views the Middle East
John Andrews, Senior Editor and West Coast Bureau Chief, The Economist
The Iraq Election and Beyond
Mark Danner, Staff Writer, The New Yorker; Professor, University of California, Berkeley, War of Information: Television Broadcasting in the Middle East
Graduate School of Journalism Jamal Dajani, Director of Middle Eastern Programming, Link TV
The Conservative Arab Gulf Monarchies in 2005 Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue: The Making of “Occupied Minds”
Joseph Kéchichian, CEO, Kéchichian & Associates, LLC David Michaelis, Co-founder of Link TV and Director of Current Affairs
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4. Agenda Agenda
SESSION 4: Security Challenges: Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Kiln 8:00–9:30 PM PLENARY 4: Religion and Society Merrill Hall
Session Chair: Ronald F. Lehman, II, Director of the Center for Global Security Research, Session Chair: Mary Falvey, Falvey Associates
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Religion, Politics and U.S. Policy: The Challenge of the Middle East
The Growing Danger of Proliferation in the Persian Gulf Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, Secretary for Social Services and President of Catholic Charities in the
Judith Miller, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning Correspondent, The New York Times Archdiocese of Boston; Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and
Public Life, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
The Iran Factor
Shai Feldman, Director, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University 9:30–11:00 PM Reception Seascape
Establishing a Nuclear-Free Zone in the Middle East 10:15–11:00 PM Bonfire Barbecue Area
Ambassador Mohamed Shaker, Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs;
former Ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom
Refocusing the War on Terror Sunday, May 1
Flynt Leverett, Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Brookings Institution; former
Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council in the G.W. Bush Administration 7:30–9:00 AM Breakfast Crocker Dining Hall
SESSION 5: Role of Multilateral Institutions and Non-state Actors Scripps 9:00–10:30 AM PLENARY 5: United States Policy Prescriptions Merrill Hall
Session Chair: JoAnn Aviel, Professor and Chair, International Relations, San Francisco State University Session Chair: Michael Nacht, Conference Chair and Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy,
University of California, Berkeley
The United Nations in the Middle East: Limitations and Possibilities
Hillary Mann Leverett, Middle East expert, U.S. State Department Policy Planning Staff; former United States and the Arab World: Conversion and Conflict
Political Advisor for Middle Eastern and South Asian Affairs with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Ambassador Mohamed Shaker, Vice Chairman of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs;
former Ambassador of Egypt to the United Kingdom
Beyond Treaties
Christine Covey, Vice President, Seeds of Peace Iran, Iraq, and U.S. Interests
Geoffrey Kemp, Director of Regional Strategic Programs, the Nixon Center; former Senior Director for
Supporting Local Peace and Justice Efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What can we do?
Near East and South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council in the Reagan Administration.
Jennifer Kuiper, Middle East Working Group and Research Consultant, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Challenges in the Arab-Israeli Arena: Syria, Lebanon, and the Creation of Palestine
3:00–3:30 PM Coffee and Refreshments Break Various locations Flynt Leverett, Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Brookings Institution; former
Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the National Security Council in the G.W. Bush Administration
3:30–6:00 PM Free time or Student Simulation: Iran Goes Nuclear Chapel
10:30–11:00 AM Final Thoughts and Conclusion by Conference Chair
5:00–6:00 PM Sunset Reception Kiln & Hearth Michael Nacht, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
6:00–7:00 PM “At Dinner with…” Crocker Dining Hall 11:00–12:00 PM Pick up boxed lunch Crocker Dining Hall
7:00–7:30 PM Report on Student Simulation Merrill Hall Checkout Administration Building
7:30–8:00 PM Annual Meeting of the Membership Merrill Hall
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5. Speakers and Moderators Speakers and Moderators
2005 Annual Conference Speaker Biographies
AS’AD ABUKHALIL Organizations,” Asian Journal of Political Science, based on research JAMAL DAJANI In 1999 Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is presently a
As’ad AbuKhalil is a Professor of Political Science at done at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in 1998. “The Role of Jamal Dajani is Director of Middle Eastern Professor of Journalism at University of California, Berkeley and
California State University, Stanislaus and a Research NGOs in El Salvador and Guatemala in Establishing the Rule of Law” Programming at Link TV. He has previously served Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights, Democracy, and
Associate with the Center of Middle Eastern Studies is to be published in 2005 in Oliver P. Richmond and Henry F. Carey’s as Trustee and President of the Board of Directors of Journalism at Bard College. Danner speaks and lectures widely on for-
at University of California, Berkeley. He received his Subcontracting Peace: NGOs and Peacebuilding in a Dangerous World. She the Arab Cultural & Community Center of San eign policy and America’s role in the world. His book, Torture and
Ph.D. in comparative government from Georgetown served as a Fulbright Professor in 1999 at the University of Costa Rica Francisco. Born in Jerusalem in 1957, Dajani attended Truth, was just named the winner of the 2004 Madeline Dane Ross
University. He is the author of several books and articles including and in 1984 at the Diplomatic Academy of Peru, and received an Office Columbia University in New York City where he received a B.A. Award from the Overseas Press Club of America, awarded annually to
Bin Laden, Islam, and America’s New “War on Terrorism”; Historical of International Programs grant to do research in Ecuador in 2004. degree in Political Science. Dajani provides more than 25 years of the best book of the year on international affairs.
Dictionary of Lebanon; The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Aviel received her Ph.D. at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, leadership in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors.
Tufts University. WILLIAM H. DRAPER, III *
Fundamentalism, and Global Power; his forthcoming book, Saudi Arabia In 2001, he joined Link TV to fill a much-needed void in the
William H. Draper, III has over 25 years of experi-
and The US: The Tale of the Good Taliban; How do We Stay Arabs, How dissemination of news from the Middle East to the American public.
Do We Stay Human: Confronting globalization; and finally, What is Yet to DIANA BUTTU The result was the birth of Mosaic: World News from the Middle East,
ence and is one of America’s first venture capitalists.
Diana Buttu is a legal advisor with the Negotiations Draper was a founder of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo
Come: the Aftermath of September 11. He was born in Tyre, Lebanon and which first aired in October 2001. As of February 2005, Dajani
Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Alto, California. During his 20 years as a Senior
grew up in Beirut. He runs a blog called “The Angry Arab News Service” participated in several Link TV special productions as a Producer,
Organization. Since October 2000, Buttu has been Partner of Sutter Hill, a leading venture capital firm
at angryarab.blogspot.com. Senior Editor and Political Analyst. He is currently co-producing the
advising the Palestinian team in peace negotiations in the U.S., he helped to organize and finance several hundred high
documentary Occupied Minds, a work in progress dealing with the
JOHN ANDREWS with Israel. Previously, Buttu served as legal counsel Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and Who Speaks for Islam?, a new strand of
technology manufacturing companies. From 1981 to 1986, he served
John Andrews is a Senior Editor and Writer for The to the Canadian Department of Justice in Ottawa. She is currently as President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United
shows to be aired on Link TV and PBS in 2005. Dajani is a frequent
Economist, the prestigious British weekly. He has pursuing a doctoral degree in Law and Refugee Reparations at States. In 1986, he became the head of the world’s largest source of
guest on numerous national and international media broadcast net-
been The Economist’s West Coast Bureau Chief since Stanford Law School. Buttu received a B.A. and an L.L.M. from the multilateral development grant assistance, the United Nations
works and a contributor to Pacific News Service. He was also featured
September 2003, having spent the previous four University of Toronto, a J.D. from Queen’s University in Ontario, and Development Program. Draper was Chairman of the World Affairs
in many publications, such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles
years as Paris Bureau Chief, analyzing French politics a J.S.M. from Stanford University. She is a member of the Ontario Council of Northern California and serves on the boards of the
Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, US News &
and economy in the magazine’s news pages and in its Charlemagne col- Bar. Buttu lives in Ramallah. Institute of International Studies at Stanford University and
World Report, The Chicago Tribune, and Columbia Journalism Review.
umn. He has been with The Economist for the past 23 years, working Population Action International. He has also served on the boards of
He also appeared in CBS’s Sunday Morning, MSNBC News and The
in London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brussels, Washington D.C., Paris CHRISTINE RAMSAY COVEY Institute of International Education and Yale University. He is a
Nachman Show, KQED’s On The Home Front, NBC’s Nightly News
and now Los Angeles. Before joining The Economist, Andrews spent Christine Ramsay Covey is a founding Board Member member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President’s
with Tom Brokaw, ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,
six years with The Guardian and led the paper’s coverage of OPEC of Seeds of Peace and Vice President since its founda- Council on International Activities at Yale University. He holds a B.A.
PBS’s The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, FOX News with Brit Hume,
during its 1979–82 heyday. A graduate of Cambridge University in tion in 1993. From her years living in divided degree from Yale University, and a Master of Business degree, with
Univision, ARD Television-Germany, NOS iTelevision–The Netherlands,
classical and modern Arabic, he came to The Guardian after living for Jerusalem, she was convinced that younger generations distinction, from Harvard Business School.
NHK Television–Japan, and most Bay Area television networks. Dajani
seven years in the Arab world, first as an academic and then as a jour- of Israeli and Palestinian youth were caught in a trap
has received the “Special Achievement Award” from the New MARY FALVEY *
nalist. John Andrews has written two books on Asia, co-authored a of despair. Seeds of Peace’s founder John Wallach offered a vision of a
California Media in 2003. Mosaic also received a 2005 Peabody Award. Mary Falvey has had a diverse career as a manage-
book on Europe and contributed chapters to other books, including better future for them and their communities, and he asked Covey to
help organize a program for reconciliation among Middle Eastern MARK DANNER ment consultant, operating executive, entrepreneur,
The Encyclopædia Britannica. His surveys in The Economist—12,000-
youth. Covey returned to the Middle East to gain foreign government appointee to senior advisory positions in the federal
word essays which, unlike the magazine’s other articles, carry a Mark Danner is a writer who for 25 years has written
cooperation and to lead the Seeds selection process. She developed the government, and trustee in the education, health
byline—have covered subjects as diverse as civil aerospace and the on politics and foreign policy, focusing on war and
content and program for the Middle East Youth Summit in Villars in care, and performing arts arenas. She now serves as a
world of sport. He is a frequent broadcaster and public speaker. conflict. He has covered Central America, Haiti, the
1998 and the International Youth Summit on Uprooting Hatred and corporate director and as an advisor to and investor in early-stage tech-
Balkans, and Iraq and the Middle East, among many
JOANN AVIEL * Terror in 2001. While continuing work on the Middle East program, other stories. Danner is the author of The Massacre at
nology companies. Falvey is a graduate of Cornell University and the
JoAnn Aviel is Professor and Chair of International she established the Cyprus program in 1998 and the Balkans program Harvard Business School. She lives in San Francisco.Falvey’s board
El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War; The Road to Illegitimacy; and
Relations at San Francisco State University. She teach- in 2000. She continues to direct both programs and drafted the Beyond memberships include the Golden Gate Bank, San Francisco
Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror, as well
es courses on Comparative Foreign Policy Analysis, Borders program concept for Arab and American dialogue initiated in Symphony, the World Affairs Council of Northern California,
as forthcoming books on the former Yugoslavia and Haiti. Since 1990
Latin American Policy Analysis, and International 2004. For nearly 30 years, Covey has lived and worked in divided areas Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Cornell University. Her past
Mark Danner has been a Staff Writer at The New Yorker and is a fre-
Organization. She is a co-editor of Multilateral of the Middle East, Central Europe and the Balkans with her diplomat responsibilities include the Trustee of the Social Security Trust Funds
quent contributor to New York Review of Books. Danner’s work has
Diplomacy and the United Nations. Recent publications include: family. Covey is a Member of the Balkans Working Group, United and a member of the National Commission on Social Security Reform
appeared in Harper’s, The New York Times, Aperture, and many other
“Nicaragua: Foreign Policy in the Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary States Institute of Peace, a Board Member of the Paul Taylor Dance (both Presidential appointments), member of the Composite
newspapers and magazines. He has co-written and helped produce
Age” in Frank O. Mora and Jeanne A.K. Hey, eds. Latin American and Foundation, and an officer of the Bechtel Women of the Bay Area. She Committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, and
two-hour long documentaries for the ABC News program Peter
Caribbean Foreign Policy; and “Placing Human Rights and Environmental studied political science and psychology at Michigan State University Chair of the Boards of Trustees of San Francisco Performances and
Jennings Reporting, and his work has received, among other honors, a
Issues on ASEAN’s Agenda: The Role of Non-Governmental (BA), George Washington University (MBA), and is a C.P.A. Saint Francis Hospital Foundation.
National Magazine Award, two Overseas Press Awards, and an Emmy.
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6. Speakers and Moderators Speakers and Moderators
SHAI FELDMAN national network of Charities in the United States, from 2001 to for Southwest Asia. In 1976, while working for the Senate Committee FLYNT LEVERETT
Shai Feldman is the director of the new Crown 2003. From 1984 to 1992, he served on the faculty at Georgetown on Foreign Relations, he prepared a widely publicized report on U.S. Flynt Leverett is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings
Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis. Feldman University in the School of Foreign Service and the Kennedy Institute Military Sales to Iran. Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy in
is a Member of the Board at the Belfer Center for of Ethics. From 1993 to 2001, he served on the Harvard Divinity Washington, D.C. Leverett came to Brookings after
School faculty as a Professor of the Practice in Religion and Society. JENNIFER KUIPER
Science and International Affairs at Harvard a distinguished career in government service. From
From 1998 to 2001 he served as Interim Dean and Dean of the Jennifer Kuiper is a member of the Middle East
University. He was Director at Tel Aviv University’s February 2002 to March 2003, he served at the
Divinity School. His publications include The Moral Measurement of Working Group, a Research Consultant for Nonviolent
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, as well as Research Director of the White House as Senior Director for Middle East Affairs at the
War: A Tradition of Continuity and Change; Military Intervention and Peaceforce (International), and a Board Member
project on Regional Security and Arms Control in the Middle East. National Security Council. In this role, he advised President Bush and
National Sovereignty; Catholicism and Democracy; Social Values and for Peaceworkers in San Francisco. Kuiper works in
Dr. Feldman is the author of Israeli Nuclear Deterrence: A Strategy for National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice on Arab-Israeli issues and
Public Policy: A Contribution from a Religious Tradition; and The Moral support of Palestinian and Israeli efforts to end
the 1980s (1982). He has written extensively on nuclear proliferation, U.S. relations with Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian
Dimension in the Use of Force. He is also co-author of Liberty and Power: occupation of the Palestinian Territories through nonviolence. Over
Israeli national security, domestic politics and defense policy, and U.S. Authority, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. During the first year of the Bush
A Dialogue on Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy in an Unjust World. the past three years, she has lived periodically in the region to docu-
foreign and defense policies in the Middle East. Dr. Feldman edited Administration, Leverett was on the Secretary of State’s Policy
ment the challenges facing grassroots efforts for unarmed struggle. She
(with Ariel Levite) Arms Control and the New Middle East Security Planning Staff, handling Middle East and counterterrorism issues. For
JOSEPH A. KÉCHICHIAN has just returned from thirteen months overseas where she completed
Environment (1994) and Confidence Building and Verification: Prospects his contributions to U.S. policy in these areas and to the formation of
Joseph A. Kéchichian is CEO of Kéchichian & an assessment for the Nonviolent Peaceforce to evaluate the potential
in the Middle East (1994). He also completed a study (with Dr. an international coalition to fight terror following the September 11
Associates, LLC, a consulting partnership that pro- contributions to peace building efforts of a large-scale professional,
Abdullah Toukan, of Jordan) entitled Bridging the Gap: A Future attacks, he was awarded the State Department’s Superior Honor
vides analysis on the Arabian/Persian Gulf region, unarmed civilian force. During this period, she also worked with the
Security Architecture for the Middle East, which was conducted for the Award. Leverett also served for eight years as Senior Analyst of Middle
specializing in the domestic and regional concerns of Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at Hebrew University
Carnegie Corporation’s Commission of Preventing Deadly Conflict. East and South Asian affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency. He left
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi in Jerusalem to develop cooperative programs between Israeli and
Dr. Feldman’s book, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in the Middle the Bush Administration in 2003 because of policy disagreements over
Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Yemen. He received a Palestinian universities and faculties. Kuiper holds a Bachelor’s degree
East, was published in 1996. His latest book is Track-II Diplomacy: the conduct of the war on terror and Middle East issue more general-
doctorate in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia in 1985, in American Studies from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in
Lessons From the Middle East (MIT Press, 2004). ly. Leverett is the author of Inheriting Syria: Bashar’s Trial By Fire, a
where he also taught and assumed the assistant deanship in interna- Public Policy from the Goldman School at the University of
forthcoming study of Syrian politics and policymaking under Bashar
CHUCK FRANKEL * tional studies. In the summer of 1989, Kéchichian was a Hoover California, Berkeley. She has worked in the nongovernmental sector
al Asad that also offers analysis and recommendations regarding U.S.
Chuck Frankel has had extensive involvement with Fellow at Stanford University (under the US State Department Title for over 15 years, including community mediation programs, conflict
policy toward this critical country. Recognized as an authority on the
the World Affairs Council since he joined its Young VIII Program). Between 1990 and 1996, he was an Associate Political resolution work in Eastern and Central Europe during its transition
Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, and intelligence issues, he lectures
Adult Study Group over 40 years ago. As Peace Scientist at the Santa Monica-based RAND Corporation, and a lectur- from Soviet States, and as a consultant for federal and state govern-
regularly in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
Corps country director, corporate foundation er at the University of California, Los Angeles. Between 1998 and ment agencies evaluating social welfare programs in the U.S.
director and tour operator owner, he has lived and 2001, he was a fellow at UCLA’s Gustav E. von Grunebaum Center HILLARY MANN LEVERETT
for Near Eastern Studies, where he held a Smith Richardson RONALD F. LEHMAN, II *
traveled extensively in Africa and Asia. He has been an entrepreneur, Hillary Mann Leverett is Middle East Expert on the
Foundation grant to compose “Succession in Saudi Arabia.” Kéchichian Ronald F. Lehman, II is Director of the Center for
manager of and consultant to private, public and non-profit enter- U.S. State Department’s Policy Planning Staff. She
published Oman and the World: The Emergence of an Independent Global Security Research at the Department of
prises. He currently serves on the Boards of the Smithsonian Museum focuses on the Gulf and rogue states in the Middle
Foreign Policy, and edited A Century in Thirty Years: Shaykh Zayed and Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
of African Art, the Goldman School of Public Policy, the National East as well as building regional cooperative security
the United Arab Emirates as well as Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Gulf States. He works for the University of California and is also
Peace Corps Association, and as well as the World Affairs Council. He mechanisms for the region. From December 2001 to
In 2003, he co-authored The Just Prince: A Manual of Leadership that Chairman of the Governing Board of the International
is Honorary Consul General of Botswana. In 1988, the National March 2003, she was Director for Iran, Afghanistan and Gulf Affairs at
includes a full translation of the Sulwan al-Muta` by Muhammad Ibn Science and Technology Center, an inter-governmental organization
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) established the Charles the National Security Council at the White House. From July 2000 to
Zafar al-Siqilli. His latest book, Succession in Arab Monarchies will be headquartered in Moscow, Russia. After the September 11 attack, he
Frankel Prize to recognize persons for outstanding contributions to December 2001, she was Political Adviser for Middle Eastern and
published in 2005. Since March 1998, he regularly writes in the Paris- was detailed to the National Nuclear Security Administration to work
the public’s understanding of the humanities. The Charles Frankel South Asian Affairs with the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. In
based Arabies Trends, and publishes a syndicated bi-weekly column on counter-terrorism and homeland security. He also serves as a mem-
Prize was awarded from 1989 to 1996. In 1997, the NEH dedicated 1997, she authored the groundbreaking, “Open Admissions: U.S.
titled “Window on the Gulf.” ber of the Department of Defense Threat Reduction Advisory
a conference room in Charles Frankel’s name. Policy Towards Students from Terrorism Supporting Countries in the
Committee and its subcommittees on counter-terrorism, biological war-
Middle East,” which was the first study to identify the use of student
J. BRYAN HEHIR GEOFFREY KEMP fare defense, and nuclear deterrence. In 1995, Lehman was appointed to
visas as a looming terrorism threat for the United States. From 1994 to
J. Bryan Hehir is Secretary for Social Services and Geoffrey Kemp is Director of Regional Strategic the five-member President’s Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation
1996, she was an Attorney/Adviser on Middle East issues for a
President of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Programs at the Nixon Center. He served in the White Policy. Previously, he was Director of the U.S. Arms Control and
Washington DC law firm. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School
Boston. He is also Parker Gilbert Montgomery House during the first Reagan administration and was Disarmament Agency from 1989 to 1993. Earlier, he served in the
and Brandeis University, has studied at the American University in
Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life Special Assistant to the President for National Security Defense Department as Assistant Secretary for International Security
Cairo and Tel Aviv University.
at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Affairs and Senior Director for Near East and South Policy; in the State Department as U.S. Chief Negotiator on Strategic
University. Father Hehir took his A.B. and Master of Divinity degrees Asian Affairs on the National Security Council Staff. Prior to his current Offensive Arms; and in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the
at St. John’s Seminary and his Doctor of Theology at Harvard Divinity position, he was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for President for National Security Affairs. He has also served on the
School. His research and writing focus on issues of ethics and foreign International Peace where he was Director of the Middle East Arms National Security Council staff as a Senior Director; in the Pentagon as
policy, Catholic social ethics and the role of religion in world politics Control Project. In the 1970’s he worked in the Defense Department in Deputy Assistant Secretary, on the Professional Staff of the U.S. Senate
and in American society. Prior to assuming these positions, Father the Policy Planning and Program Analysis and Evaluation Offices and Armed Services Committee; and in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. He
Hehir served as President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, the made major contributions to studies on U.S. security policy and options received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in 1968 and his
Ph.D. from the Claremont Graduate University in 1975.
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7. Speakers and Moderators Speakers and Moderators
CLOVIS MAKSOUD JUDITH MILLER SKIP RHODES * October 2004 as a member of the Court on Values. He held the posi-
Ambassador Clovis Maksoud is a Professor of Judith Miller is a Senior Writer for The New York Skip Rhodes is Manager of the Corporate Community tion of Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the United
International Relations and Director of the Center for Times. In 2002 she, along with ten other reporters, Involvement for ChevronTexaco and is responsible Kingdom from September 1988 to September 1997. As of July 1997
the Global South at American University in received a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the for managing and directing all consolidated charitable Ambassador Shaker was the Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps accredited
Washington, D.C. A Lebanese national, Ambassador Middle East following September 11. Miller covers and business expense contributions and programs for to the Court of St. James. Before taking up his post in London,
Maksoud was Chief Representative of the League of national security issues with a special emphasis on the corporation and participating ChevronTexaco Ambassador Shaker was Head of the Department of Western Europe at
Arab States in India from 1961 to 1966. From 1967 to 1979, he served the Middle East and weapons of mass destruction. In 1983, she was companies worldwide. Rhodes assumed his present position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt as of
as a Senior Editor of Al-Ahram and then Chief Editor of Al-Nahar the first woman to be named the Times’ Bureau Chief in Cairo, Egypt. September 1986. He joined the company in 1959 and has held various January 1988. He was Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to
Weekly. Ambassador Maksoud was appointed as the League of Arab She is also an author and has written four books and contributed positions in the field of transportation, logistics and supply, marketing, Austria, Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in
States’ Chief Representative to the United States and the United chapters to several others. antitrust litigation, business planning, government affairs and public Vienna, Resident Representative and Egypt’s Governor on the Board of
Nations on September 1, 1979. On August 15, 1990, he submitted his affairs. From 1986 to 1994, Rhodes was a council member of the Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and
resignation from the League in the aftermath of Iraq’s invasion of MICHAEL NACHT * Piedmont, California City Council and was mayor from 1990 to 1992. Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations Industrial
Kuwait. A lawyer, journalist and diplomat, Ambassador Maksoud Michael Nacht is Aaron Wildavsky Dean and He served with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from Development Organization (UNIDO) for the period November 1986
served as the Arab League Ambassador to India and South-East Asia Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of 1978 to 1994 and was Director of the Joint Operations Staff (NATO) until January 1988. Before Vienna Ambassador Shaker was Deputy
from 1961-1966. Ambassador Maksoud is the author of several articles Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. from 1984 to 1994. He was the founding President of the Board of Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations in New York
and books on the Middle East and the global South, among them: The He teaches and writes in the fields of U.S. national Directors of a San Francisco Bay Area private school for five years. He is from January 1984 to October 1986 and Deputy Representative of
Meaning of Non-Alignment, “The Crisis of the Arab Left,” “Reflections security and foreign policy and on management strate- past President and current board member of the Commonwealth Club Egypt to the United Nations Security Council from 1984 to 1985. One
on Afro-Asianism,” and The Arab Image. Ambassador Maksoud was the gies for public organizations. From 1994 to 1997, after unanimous U.S. of California, a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs of Ambassador Shaker’s works is The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:
Chairperson and Convener of many conferences on environment and Senate confirmation, Nacht served as Assistant Director for Strategic Council of Northern California, and was a member of the board of Origin and Implementation 1959–1979.
development, human rights, population, and disarmament. Born on and Eurasian Affairs of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament directors for the Council on Foundations in Washington, D.C. from
Agency. He directed the Agency’s work on nuclear arms reduction and PETER SCHWARTZ
December 17, 1928, Ambassador Maksoud graduated from the 1993 to 1999, and board chair from 1996 to 1998.
missile defense negotiations with Russia and designed the first high-level Peter Schwartz is Cofounder and Chairman of Global
American University of Beirut, went on to receive his J.D. from the
George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and did post- nuclear arms dialogue with China. He participated in five summit meet- ANDREW S. ROSS * Business Network, a Monitor Group company, and a
ings with President Clinton: four with Russian President Yeltsin and one Andrew S. Ross is Executive Foreign & National Partner of the Monitor Group, a family of profession-
graduate studies at Oxford University in Britain.
with Chinese President Jiang Zemin. He was granted the Agency’s Editor for The San Francisco Chronicle where he super- al services firms devoted to enhancing client competi-
DAVID MICHAELIS Distinguished Honor Award, its highest form of recognition. He recent- vises assigning and editing of international and nation- tiveness. An internationally renowned futurist and
David Michaelis co-founded Link TV in 1999 and ly chaired an advisory panel to the Office of the Secretary of Defense on al stories since 2001. Andrew planned and oversaw the business strategist, Schwartz specializes in scenario planning, working
currently serves as Director of Current Affairs of the combating terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction in the U.S. He newspaper’s coverage of the Afghanistan war and the with corporations, governments, and institutions to create alternative
Link TV channel in San Francisco. He co-produced is a member of the Educator’s Advisory Committee to the Comptroller U.S.-led war in Iraq. Prior to coming to The Chronicle, Andrew was perspectives of the future and develop robust strategies for a changing
the film Occupied Minds with Jamal Dajani in 2005. General of the United States, an advisory committee to the Lawrence Managing Editor and Executive Vice President of Salon.com, the and uncertain world. His current research and scenario work encom-
Born in Jerusalem in 1945, Michaelis studied at the Livermore National Laboratory, the Board of Trustees of the World award-winning website which he co-founded. From 1985-1995, Ross passes energy resources and the environment, technology, telecommu-
Hebrew University and received his degree in philosophy and sociolo- Affairs Council of Northern California, and the Board of the Japan worked at the San Francisco Examiner where he held the position of nications, media and entertainment, aerospace, and national security.
gy. Michaelis has produced and directed documentaries on social and Society of Northern California. Foreign Editor, Chief of Correspondents, and Associate Editor. He has Schwartz is also a Venture Partner of San Francisco-based Alta Partners,
political issues for the BBC Channel 4 in the UK as well as for ARD written and reported from the Middle East, Central America, Eastern a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the
and ZDF in Germany. He served as a news editor in London and MARINA OTTAWAY Europe, and most recently, India. Ross has also been Assistant News Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, the Long Now Foundation,
Washington for ARD. His work on various talk shows and documen- Marina Ottaway is a Senior Associate for the Director at KQED-TV, Assignment Editor at KPIX-TV and Reporter and the World Affairs Council.Schwartz is the author of Inevitable
taries has always been on the forefront of legitimizing the rights of Democracy and Rule of Law Project at the Carnegie for National Public Radio, California Public Radio, Pacifica Radio, and Surprises, a provocative look at the dynamic forces at play in the world
minorities. As editor of Israel’s most popular television show, Popolitika, Endowment for International Peace, a research The Guardian of London. today and their implications for business and society. His first book, The
it is noteworthy that Michaelis initiated the first dialogues on Israel tel- endeavor that analyzes the state of democracy around Art of the Long View, is considered a seminal publication on scenario
evision between PLO officials and Israeli MPs and, later, between a the world and the efforts by the U.S. and other coun- MOHAMED I. SHAKER planning and has been translated into multiple languages. He is also the
Syrian MP in Damascus and the leader of the opposition party in tries to promote democracy. Her current work focuses on political Ambassador Mohamed I. Shaker is Vice Chairman of co-author of The Long Boom, a vision for the world characterized by
Israel, MK Benjamin Netanyahu. Michaelis has been interviewed by transformation in the Middle East and reconstruction in Iraq and the Board of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs global openness, prosperity, and discovery; When Good Companies Do
numerous broadcast and print media outlooks including ABC’s World Afghanistan. She is also a lecturer in African Studies at the Nitze School (ECFA). He has held the position of Chairman since Bad Things, an examination of, and argument for, corporate social
News Tonight with Peter Jennings, The New York Times, The Los Angeles for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. the establishment of the Council in 1999 until responsibility; and China’s Futures, which describes very different sce-
Times, and The Columbia Journalism Review, among others. Ottaway carried out research in Africa and in the Middle East and September 2003. Ambassador Shaker is also narios for China and their international implications. He publishes and
taught at the University of Addis Ababa, the University of Zambia, the Chairman of the Regional Information Technology Institute (RITI) lectures widely and served as a script consultant on the films such as The
American University in Cairo, and the University of the Witwatersrand since 2002 and Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of the Regional Minority Report, Deep Impact, Sneakers, and War Games. Schwartz
in South Africa. Ottaway received her Ph.D. from Columbia Information Technology Software and Engineering Centre (RITSEC). received a B.S. in aeronautical engineering and astronautics from
University. She is fluent in French and Italian. Her most recent publi- In addition, Ambassador Shaker is Chairman of the Board of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
cations include: Uncharted Journey: Promoting Democracy in the Middle Sawires Foundation for Social Development since 2001. In 2002 he
East; Democracy Challenged: The Rise of Semi-Authoritarianism; Funding became a member of the Higher Council for Policies of Egypt’s
Virtue: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion, edited with Thomas National Democratic Party (NDP). He has also been selected in
Carothers; and Africa’s New Leaders: Democracy or State Reconstruction?
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8. Speakers and Moderators The World Affairs Council
RICHARD SKLAR DARIUSH ZAHEDI
Ambassador Sklar has a distinguished and honored Currently a visiting professor at UC Berkeley, Dariush
40-year career in private and public sector manage- Zahedi has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard
ment. He received his Bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from Cornell Universally in 1957 and
University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and
his articles have appeared in journals such as Middle
we invite you to join
went on to found a Cleveland-based manufacturer of
consumption equipment of which he was President and CEO. The
company was sold in 1973. He later became President and a principal
owner of the San Francisco-based construction management firm of
East Policy and Harvard Middle Eastern and Islamic
Review. His current research project is a comparative analysis of state
building and modernization in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan. His
second research agenda examines the patterns of political participation
the donors circle
O’Brien Kreitzberg, Inc., which at the time it was sold was one of the and engagement as well as the political attitudes of Iranian expatriates
What are the advantages of being a member of the Donors Circle?
largest management construction firms in North America. In 1996, in the U.S. In the summer of 2003, Zahedi was falsely accused of
Ambassador Sklar was appointed as President’s Special Representative espionage and imprisoned in Iran for four months. After 60 days, the As a member of the Donors Circle you will meet with world leaders, policy
for Economic Reform and Reconstruction to carry out civilian develop- Iranian Ministry of Intelligence found the charges against him to be advisors, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winners, corporate executives, and our
ment in Bosnia as part of the U.S. brokered peace accords. In 1998, baseless and recommended that he be released unconditionally.
trustees at exclusive receptions and dinners. You will also have the opportunity
Ambassador Sklar was named U.S. Representative for United Nations Tehran’s prosecutor general, however, refused to accept the ministry’s
Reform and Management. He then returned to the Balkans as President recommendation. Instead, the prosecutor transferred Zahedi to the to sponsor students, perhaps moderate a program, define programming, and
Clinton’s Special Representative for Economic Reform in Southeast custody of the Intelligence Unit of the Revolutionary Guards, where host events. Over the years members of the Donors Circle have become close
Europe and continues to advise the Government of Montenegro on a he was detained for an additional two months. He was finally released friends and look forward to seeing each other as they share their enthusiasm
pro bono basis. Currently, Ambassador Sklar serves as President of the on bail and allowed to leave the country. Zahedi has now resumed his
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, acts as the principal eco- teaching in Berkeley. In addition, he is working on the establishment
for learning more about our world. Many of the private receptions and dinners
nomic advisor to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, and carries out of a center on the study and promotion of social, economic, and polit- are held in the homes of members of the Donors Circle, which further
mediation of major public and private legal disputes as an independent ical development at Berkeley. enhances the feeling of camaraderie.
mediator. He also recently joined the Board of Trustees at the World
Affairs Council of Northern California.
JANE WALES *
Jane Wales is President and Chief Executive Officer
Who will you meet?
of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
She is former Associate Director of the White House These are just a few of the prominent figures who have visited with our Donors Circle:
Office of Science Technology Policy, and Senior
Director of the National Security Council. Prior to Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; founder of the Green Belt Movement
her dual appointment in the Clinton Administration, Wales chaired
the international programs at the Carnegie Corporation of New York Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense; former President, World Bank
and the W. Alton Jones Foundation. She was also Director of the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s Project on World Security. She served as
Cokie Roberts, Senior News Analyst, NPR; political Commentator, ABC News
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Carter Administration and
Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
was National Executive Director of Physicians for Social
Responsibility, which shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. She began Joseph S. Nye Jr., Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations and former Dean,
her career as a journalist and has authored two books.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Niall Ferguson, Professor of International History, Harvard University; Senior Research Fellow,
Jesus College, Oxford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
George McGovern, former US Senator and Democratic Presidential Nominee; former Director,
US Food for Peace Program; United Nations Global Ambassador on Hunger
The Donors Circle consists of five levels of giving beginning at $1,000.
As your level of gift giving increases within the Circle, so do your benefits
If you are interested in joining the Donors Circle, please contact Michael Lawrence, 415.293.4643 or mlawrence@wacsf.org
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