Middle East Policy Council

Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), according to the organization's web site, was formed in 1981 and "has provided political analysis of issues involving the greater Middle East. Through its programs, publications and Web site, the Council strives to ensure that a full range of U.S. interests and views are considered by policy makers." The MEPC states that it challenges "the conventional wisdom," asks "the difficult questions," encourages "a wide spectrum of views," and provides "forums to stimulate thinking."

The Council says that it "strives to fulfill these objectives through three major activities":


 * Middle East Policy - a quarterly journal of political, economic and social analysis.
 * A Capitol Hill Conference Series - forums for members of Congress, their staffs, federal government officials, foreign policy experts and the media.
 * Workshops for high school teachers - daylong training sessions to build a fact-based foundation for educating America's youth about the Arab world and Islam.

Middle East Policy Journal
The Middle East Policy Journal is published quarterly in March, June, September and December by Blackwell Publishers.

Subscription Data

 * website
 * email contact: subscrip AT blackwellpub.com

Journal Online Links

 * Start Page
 * Online Archive
 * Table of Contents Index

Capital Hill Conference Series
Initiated in 1992, The Capital Hill Conference Series offers a critique of U.S. foreign policy in half day forums provided for lawmakers and opinion leaders.

Capital Hill Conference Online Links

 * Capital Hill Conference Series Start Page
 * Past Conference Transcripts
 * Congressional Briefing Series
 * Special forums

Other Links

 * Teacher Workshops
 * Educational Links
 * 2nd Intifada Body Count
 * Suggested Reading
 * External Publication Links

Directors, advisors and Staff
(updated 09-15-2005)

Board of Directors

 * Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - President; Ambassador (U.S. Foreign Service, ret.); former Assistant Secretary of Defense
 * Robert D. Bauerlein - Vice-president, International Operations, Boeing Company
 * Curtis Brand - Chairman (ret.), ExxonMobil, Saudi Arabia, Inc
 * Gen. Charles W. Brown - U.S. Army (ret.)
 * William J. Brown - Senior Legal Advisor, EFD, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
 * Frank C. Carlucci - Chairman, The Carlyle Group; former U.S. Secretary of Defense
 * K.v.R. Dey - President and CEO, Liggett Group, Inc. (ret.)
 * Yankel Ginzburg - Artist
 * Dr. Omar Kader - President and CEO, Pal-Tech, Inc
 * Dr. Martha Neff Kessler - Consultant, CIA (ret)
 * Dr. Phebe Marr - Author, Mideast consultant; Former Senior Fellow, National Defense University
 * George McGovern - U.N. Global Ambassador on Hunger; former U.S. Senator (SD)
 * Dr. Dale F. Nitzschke - Chancellor Emeritus, Southeast Missouri State University
 * Talat M. Othman - President, Grove Financial, Inc., Chicago
 * Dr. Fuad A. Rihani - Director, Research and Development, Saudi Binladin Group
 * Davis R. Robinson - Partner, LeBeouf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.
 * George C. Roman - Vice President and Chief of Staff, The Boeing Company

Editorial Advisory Committee

 * Graham E. Fuller - Resident Consultant, RAND Corporation
 * Ian S. Lustick - Professor Department of Political Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
 * Julia Nanay - Director, The Petroleum Finance Company Ltd
 * William B. Quandt - Edward Stettinius Professor, Department of Government and Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia
 * Alan Richards - Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
 * Shibley Telhami - Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
 * John O. Voll - Associate Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University

National Advisory Committee

 * Nick J. Rahall II - Chairman; U.S. Representative (D-WV).
 * Nicholas B. Angell - Afridi, Angell, and Baker
 * Dr. Robert B. Ashmore - Professor of Philosophy, Marquette University
 * Dr. Ralph Braibanti - Director (ret.), Islamic and Arabian Development Studies, Duke University
 * Dr. Louis J. Cantori - Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
 * Helena Cobban - Journalist and Author
 * Don N. De Marino - Chairman, U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce; former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce
 * Dr. Michael Collins Dunn - Editor, Middle East Journal and The Estimate
 * Hermann Fr. Eilts - Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Egypt
 * Dr. Marc H. Ellis - Professor of American and Jewish Studies, Baylor University
 * Dr. John L. Esposito - Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
 * Dr. Richard Falk - Professor of International Law and Practice, Princeton Center for International Studies
 * Dr. Yvonne Haddad - Professor of Islamic History and Christian-Muslim Relations, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
 * David Hamod - President, Intercom, Inc
 * John R. Hayes - CEO, Hayes Communication, Inc
 * Dr. Raymond A. Hinnebusch - Professor of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
 * Frederic C. Hof - Armitage and Associates L.C
 * Dr. Omar M. Kader - President and CEO, PaL-Tech, Inc
 * Dr. Joseph A. Kechichian - Kechichian & Associates, Inc
 * Dr. Anne Mosely Lesch - Professor of Political Science, Villanova University
 * Dave Nalle - Consultant, U.S. Foreign Service Officer (ret.)
 * Robert L. Norberg - Director, Aramco Services Co. (ret)
 * Dr. Augustus Richard Norton (bio) - Professor of International Relations, Boston University
 * Dr. Don Peretz - Professor Emeritus, SUNY Binghamton
 * Dr. Jerry Pubantz - Ivy May Hixson Professor of Humanities and Political Science, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
 * Ronald Pump - United Law Firm (affiliate of Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins)
 * Dr. Yahya Sadowski - Professor of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS
 * Talcott W. Seelye - Consultant; former U.S. Ambassador to Syria and Tunisia
 * Audrey Shabbas - Founder, AWAIR; Staff Development Consultant, Middle East Policy Council
 * Dr. Hisham Sharabi - Professor, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
 * Gary G. Sick - Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University
 * Dr. Robert Springborg - Director, London Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
 * Kevin R. Taecker - Globalization Consultant, Enterprise-Saudi Arabia
 * Milton Viorst - Writer
 * John V. Whitbeck - Law Offices of Dr. Mujahid M. Al-Sawwaf, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
 * Vahan Zanoyan - Senior Director, The Petroleum Finance Company, Ltd
 * Dr. I. William Zartman - Professor Emeritus, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University
 * H. Conway Zeigler - Director of Middle East Plans, Science Applications International Corporation

Staff

 * Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. - President - Bio
 * Jon Roth - Acting Executive Director; Director of Development; Program Manager
 * Anne Joyce - Vice President; Editor, Middle East Policy
 * Maria Arruda - Office Manager
 * Jeremy Barnum - Editorial Assistant
 * Shyam Rao - Accountant
 * Betsy Laun Maalouf - Copy Editor
 * Peggy Nalle - Copy Editor
 * Aminah McCloud - Teacher Workshop Leader
 * Audrey Shabbas - Teacher Workshop Leader
 * Cheryl Feeney - Vendor Relations

Contact
Middle East Policy Council 1730 M Street NW, Suite 512 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 296-6767 Fax: (202) 296-5791 Email: info AT mepc.org URL: www.mepc.org