Opening Remarks - 57th Annual Conference
Ambassador Wyche Fowler, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute
The Perils of Engagement: A Rogue Nation in the Middle East
Clyde Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute
Middle East Perspectives on American Policy
Abdul-Reda Assiri, Kuwait University
Asla Aydintasbas, Sabah Newspaper
Mustafa Al-Feki, Egyptian Parliament
Murhaf Jouejati, MEI Adjunct Scholar, National Defense University
Moderator: Michael Collins Dunn, Middle East Journal
American Perspectives on the Middle East
Peter Bergen, New America Foundation
Robert Malley, International Crisis Group
Kenneth Pollack, Brookings Institution
Moderator: Ambassador David Mack, Vice President, Middle East Institute
Banquet Address: Six Principles for the Peace Process
Introduction by Edward S. Walker, Former President, Middle East Institute
Aaron David Miller, Seeds of Peace
The Middle East In US Presidential Elections
Frank Gaffney, Center for Security Policy
M. J. Rosenberg, Israel Policy Forum
Joseph Wilson, JCWilson International Ventures Corp.
James Zogby, Arab-American Institute
Moderator: Philip Wilcox, Foundation for Middle East Peace
Stability and Democracy in the Middle East
Bahman Baktiari, University of Maine
Zeyno Baran, Nixon Center
Yitzhak Reiter, Hebrew University
Hussein Shobokshi, Shobokshi Development & Trading
Mohammed Wahby, Al-Musawwar Newspaper
Moderator: Mark Habeeb, Georgetown University
Closing Remarks - 57th Annual Conference
David Chambers, Middle East Institute