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Office of the Historian U.S. Department of State
Presents an international conference:
The United States, the Middle East and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War
Keynote Speaker
Ambassador William J. Burns
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
January 12 and 13, 8 am – 5 pm
Loy Henderson Conference Room
U.S. Department of State, 2201 C St. NW
Preliminary Agenda
(updated December 4, 2003)
Sunday, January 11
4:00-6:00 p.m. Reception, Foreign Service Club (by invitation)
Monday, January 12
8:00-8:45 a.m. Registration
Continental breakfast
9:00-9:15 a.m. Introductory remarks
Dr. Marc Susser
The Historian
9:15-9:45 a.m. Keynote speaker
Ambassador William J. Burns
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
9:45-10:00 a.m. Introduction of the volume
Dr. Harriet Schwar
Editor
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Panel 1: War, Intelligence, and the USS Liberty
Moderator: Dr. Marc Susser, The Historian, U.S. Department of State
Commentator: Dr. Charles Smith, University of Arizona
Presenters:
Dr. David Robarge, Central Intelligence Agency History Staff, “CIA Estimates and the Six-Day War”
Dr. David Hatch, Technical Director, Center for Cryptologic History, “2003 National Security Agency Declassification and the Liberty Incident”
Hon. Jay Cristol, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, “The USS Liberty Incident and the Role of Intelligence”
Mr. James Bamford, Washington Post, “The USS Liberty and America’s Intelligence Community”
12:00 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch for Panelists on 8th floor
1:15-3:00 p.m. Panel 2: Origins of the War: The International Perspective
Moderator: Dr. H. W. Brands, Texas A&M University
Commentator: Dr. Michael Oren, Shalem Center, Jerusalem
Presenters:
Dr. Isabella Ginor, Hebrew University, “The Cold War’s Longest Cover-Up: How and Why the USSR Instigated the 1967 War”
Ambassador Richard Parker, Foreign Service (retired), “The Soviet Warning”
Mr. Michael Carroll, University of Toronto, “From Peace(keeping) to War: the United Nations and the Withdrawal of UNEF”
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-5:00 p.m. Panel 3: Johnson’s Foreign Policy and the Middle East Crisis
Moderator: Dr. Arthur Klinghoffer, Rutgers University
Commentator: Dr. Warren Cohen, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Presenters:
Dr. David Lesch, Trinity University, “From the Icebox to the Frontburner: the Post-1950s Blues and the 1967 War”
Dr. Peter Hahn, Ohio State University, “LBJ, the 1967 War, and the Global Context”
Dr. Lilly Polliack, Hebrew University, “Middle East Conflict in the Shadow of President Johnson”
Dr. Arlene Lazarowitz, California State University, Long Branch, “Towards a Client-Patron Relationship: the Johnson Administration in Israel, January 1964-May 1967”
Tuesday, January 13
8:00-8:45 a.m. Check-in
Continental breakfast
8:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Panel 4: War, Cold War, and the Soviet Alliance System
Moderator: TBD
Commentator: Dr. James G. Hershberg, George Washington University and former director, Cold War International History Project
Presenters:
Dr. Rolf Steininger, Institut fuer Zeitgeschichte (Innsbruck), “The Soviet Union and the Six-Day War”
Dr. Galia Golan, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, “The Soviets and the Crisis, War, and Postwar Diplomacy”
Dr. Yaacov Ro’i, Tel Aviv University, “The Soviet Stakes in the Middle East Conflict of June 1967”
Dr. William Gray, Texas Tech, “War and Opportunism: East Germany and the Arab States in 1967”
10:15-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Panel 5: The Regional Dynamics of War
Moderator: Dr. Peter Hahn, Ohio State University
Commentator: Dr. William B. Quandt, University of Virginia
Presenters:
Ms. Laura James, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, “Nasser and His Enemies: Foreign Policy Decision Making in Egypt on the Eve of the Six-Day War”
Dr. Mostafa Elwi Saif, Cairo University, “The Evaluation of the Political Perception of Nasser During the May-June Crisis”
Dr. Ofira Seliktar, Temple University, “Turning Water into Fire: the Jordan River as the Hidden Factor in the Six-Day War”
Dr. Jeffrey Sosland, American University, “Water Scarcity and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War”
12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch for Panelists on 8th Floor
1:15-3:00 p.m. Panel 6: War, Cold War, and the American Alliance System
Moderator: Dr. Rachel Bronson, Council on Foreign Relations
Commentator: Dr. Judith Klinghoffer, Rutgers University
Presenters:
Dr. James Vaughan, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, “The United States and the Middle East Crisis of 1967 – a British Perspective”
Dr. Steven Galpern, U.S. Department of State, “The Six-Day War, the Closure of the Suez Canal, and Britain’s Decision to Devalue Sterling: Strategic and Economic Implications”
Mr. John Ciorciari, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, “Petrodollars and Perceptual Factors: U.S.-Saudi Alignment after the Six-Day War”
Dr. Carole Fink, Ohio State University, “The Six-Day War and Central Europe”
3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-5:00 p.m. Panel 7: Objectives and Consequences of War
Moderator: Dr. Helena Finn, Counselor for Public Affairs, American Embassy, Tel Aviv
Commentator: TBD
Presenters:
Dr. Arye Naor, Ben Gurion University, “Objectives of the Six-Day War and Its Immediate Impact: an Israeli Perspective”
Dr. Hisham Khatib, former Jordanian government minister, “Remembering the Arab-Israeli Crisis and War of 1967”
Dr. Tom Segev, Ha’aretz, “Confronting the Palestinians Again”
Ms. Kristin Tassin, Tulane University, “’Men of Sacrifice’: the 1967 War, the Fedayeen, and the New Face of Palestinian Resistance”
5:00 p.m. Closing remarks
Dr. Marc Susser
The Historian, U.S. Department of State
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