Speakers
(Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
(Panelist), Director, Arabian Penninsula Affairs Program, Middle East Institute
(Panelist), Raymond Frankel Professor of Israeli Politics and Society, Brandeis University
Ambassador (Ret) Greta Holtz (Moderator), President/CEO, Amideast and Non-Resident Distinguished Fellow, Global and National
Security Institute
(Keynote Remarks), Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
(Panelist), Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation, Senior Fellow at UCLA Burkle Center
for International Relations
(Moderator), Director, Middle East Program, The Wilson Center
(Panelist), Director, Israel, The Palestinian Territories and the Region Program, United States
Institute of Peace (USIP)
(Panelist), Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and professor at National Defense University
(NDU)
General (Ret) Frank McKenzie (Keynote Remarks), Executive Director, Global and National Security Institute and former commander, United
States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
(Panelist),
Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy and host of "The Iran Podcast"
Matthew Mullarkey, PhD (Moderator), Director/Co-Founder, Doctor of Business Administration program at the Muma College
of Business, University of South Florida
(Panelist), Senior Resident Scholar, The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
David Oakley, PhD (Featured Speaker),
Academic Director, Global and National Security Institute, University of South Florida
(Panelist), Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
(Panelist), Senior Economist, RAND Corporation, and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
(Welcome Remarks), Chief of Staff, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Brigadier Andrew Watkins (Panelist), Deputy Director, Strategy, Plans & Policy (J5), United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Douglas Wise (Featured Speaker),
former Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), GNSI Non-Resident Distinguished
Fellow
Diane Zorri, PhD (Moderator)
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global and National Security Institute
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