The Saban Forum 2008 Strategic Choices: Challenges for the Next U.S. and Israeli Governments
Washington, D.C., December 5-7, 2008
Program Schedule
Friday, December 5, 2008 Moderator: Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution 12:00 pm Registration St. Regis Hotel (Chandelier Room) Richard Haass, President, Council on 923 16th St. NW Foreign Relations
3:45 pm Coaches leave from the St. Regis for the Martin Indyk, Director, The Saban Center for Newseum Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution
4:00 pm Opening Session: The Future of the Middle Respondents: East Sandy Berger, former National Security Adviser
The Newseum Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Representative to the United Nations 6th Street Entrance 10.00 am Coffee Break (Note: Due to security, all attendees must be in their seats by 4:30 pm) 10:30 am Session Two: Iran—Is There a Military Option?
Welcoming Remarks: Haim Saban, Moderator: Congressman Howard Berman, Chairman, The Saban Forum Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee
Introduction of President Bush: Amon Lipkin-Shahak, former Deputy Prime John Thornton, Chairman, Minister and IDF Chief of Staff The Brookings Institution Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security The Honorable George W. Bush, Adviser 43rd President of the United States Major General Amos Yadlin, IDF Head of Introduction of Deputy prime minister Military Intelligence Shaul Mofaz: Haim Saban Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of State The Honorable Shaul Mofaz, Deputy Prime for Political Affairs Minister, Minister of Transportation and Head, 12:30 pm Luncheon Session: The Broader Strategic U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, Israel Context – The Middle East and the South 6:00 pm Buffet Reception Asian Crises
Moderator: Margaret Warner Saturday, December 6, 2008 Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State 7:30 am Registration U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Hall of Flags) Respondents: Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. 1615 H Street, NW Ambassador to the United Nations
8:30 am Session One: A New Strategy for the Bruce Riedel, Senior Fellow, Saban Center and Next U.S. President former Senior Director, Near East and South Asian Affairs, National Security Council Presenting the conclusions of the Saban Center at Brookings-Council on Foreign Relations joint project, Restoring the Balance Strategic Choices: Challenges for the Next U.S. and Israeli Governments
Program Schedule continued
2:00 pm Session Three: Iran—Can Sanctions and 9:00 am Session Four: What to do about Syria? Diplomacy Work? Moderator: Congressman Gary Ackerman, Moderator: Congresswoman Jane Harman Chairman Middle East Subcommittee of the (D-California) House Foreign Affairs Committee
William Burns, Under Secretary of State for Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Ambassador and Deputy Political Affairs Undersecretary for Bilateral Political Affairs, Ephraim Halevy, former Head of Mossad and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkey former National Security Adviser, Israel Yoram Turbowicz, former Chief of Staff to Prime Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Minister Ehud Olmert Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Elliott Abrams, Deputy National Security Adviser Aharon Abramovitch, Director General, Ministry for Global Democracy Strategy of Foreign Affairs, Israel Michael Herzog, Chief of Staff to Israel’s Defense 3:30 pm Break Minister
4:30 pm Coaches leave from the St. Regis for the 10:30 am Coffee Break Folger Shakespeare Library 11:00 am Session Five: Lessons in Middle East 5:00 pm Reception Peacemaking Folger Shakespeare Library Tony Blair, Quartet Envoy for the Middle East and 201 East Capitol Street, SE former Prime Minister, United Kingdom Greetings: The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Moderator: Martin Indyk, Director, The Saban Speaker of the United States House of Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Representatives Institution 6:00 pm Dinner Session: The Global Economic Crisis Prospects for the Two-State Solution: A Discussion with Tony Blair Moderator: Thomas Friedman, Columnist, The New York Times with: Shai Agassi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Yuli Tamir, Minister of Education, Israel Better Place Eival Gilady, Managing Director, The Portland David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Managing Trust, Israel Director, The Carlyle Group Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor, The New Sever Plocker, Economics Columnist, Yedioth Republic Ahronoth 12:30 pm Concluding Luncheon Session James Wolfensohn, former President, The World Bank Moderator: Charlie Rose 8:00 pm Dinner is served in the Old Reading Room A Conversation with William Clinton, 42nd President of the United States Sunday, December 7, 2008 Concluding Remarks: Haim Saban U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Hall of Flags) 1615 H Street 2:00 pm The Saban Forum 2008 formally ends