SESSION 1 -- Introduction + The Arab State and Human Security
Amat Alsoswa
UN Assistant Secretary-General & UNDP Assistant Administrator, UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States
David Yang, Senior Advisor, UNDP’s Washington Liaison Office (moderator)
Bahgat Korany, Professor of International Relations and Political Economy, The American University in Cairo
Marina Ottaway, Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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SESSION 1 -- The Arab Economy and Human Security
David Yang, Senior Advisor, UNDP’s Washington Liaison Office (moderator)
Adel Abdellatif, Chief of Regional Program Division, UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Arab States
Amit Pandya, Senior Associate, Henry L. Stimson Center
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SESSION 1 -- Why Have Obstacles to Arab Human Development Proven to Be So Stubborn?
Riz Khan, Host of the Riz Khan Show, Aljazeera Network
Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin, President, Middle East Institute
Thomas Friedman, Columnist, The New York Times
Bahgat Korany, The American University in Cairo
Robin Wright, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; and author of Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East
