Founded in 1983, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations
is an American non-profit, non-governmental, educational organization
dedicated to improving American knowledge and understanding of the Arab world.
The National Council’s Washington, DC Summer Internship Program offers students a ten-week professional, academic, and career opportunity internship in the nation's capital. The program features a demanding mix of professional involvement, intellectual challenge, career exploration, and cultural encounters designed to provide interns with a rich and varied experience during their time in Washington. Applications for this summer’s program (May 28 - August 3, 2012) are now available.
This essay from Dr. Anthony on "Saudi Arabian Ambassadors to America in Context" examines the diplomatic and geopolitical challenges and opportunities for the three most recent Saudi Arabian Ambassadors to the United States: Prince Bandar, Prince Turki, and Adel Al-Jubeir.
Dr. Anthony wrote an earlier biography of Adel Al-Jubeir for the Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa in 2007. Centgage Learning, the publisher of that two-volume work, has granted permission to reprint that version and to bring the essay up to date.
Through participation in the National Council's Model Arab League (MAL) program students learn about the politics and history of the Arab world, and the arts of diplomacy and public speech. MAL helps prepare students to be knowledgeable, well-trained, and effective citizens as well as civic and public affairs leaders.
