Articles
Considerations on the Future: The Possibilities for Peace
Session Three
Considerations on the Future: The Possibilities for Peace
Mehdi Hassan
Columnist, The Intercept and Host, Al Jazeera English
Is an award-winning British journalist, broadcaster, author and political commentator. He is the presenter of both UpFront (filmed in Washington DC) and Head to Head (filmed at the Oxford Union). Mehdi is a senior contributor at the The Intercept (TI), and host of TI's Deconstructed podcast. He has been named one of the 100 'most influential' Britons on Twitter, and was included in the annual global list of 'The 500 Most Influential Muslims' in the world ('The Muslim 500').
Nabeel Khoury
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Hariri Center for the Middle East. After twenty five years in the Foreign Service, Dr. Khoury retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2013 with the rank of Minister Counselor. Khoury served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Yemen (2004-2007). His commentaries appear on the Atlantic Council’s MENA Resource, The Hill, The Cairo Review of Global Affairs and on his own blog, Middle East Corner.
Bushra Nasr
Head of economic portfolio of @Women4Yemen network, and Founder, Sabaa Consulting Services
Is the founder of Sabaa Consulting Services. She is an expert in finance and economic development with 15 years of experience. She has worked with the international finance corporations including IFC, USAID, GIZ, the Malaysian Government, Icon Institute GmbH, Indevelop, Forumsyd in different regions; MENA, Sub-Sahara Africa, Malaysia and Sweden. Nasr is also a Fellow of the Women in Conflict 1325 at Beyond Borders Scotland.
Ibraham Qatabi
Expert on Yemen and Senior Legal Worker, Center for Constitutional Rights
Is an expert on Yemen and a senior legal worker at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He also serves as a UN/U.S. advisor to the Nobel Peace Laureate Tawakkol Karman of Yemen, and was a lead advisor on the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. He is a frequent commentator on Yemeni affairs on various cable news networks, including Al Aljazeera, RT, Aljazeera America, and Alhurra TV, among others. During the Arab Spring, Qatabi co-founded the Yemeni American Coalition for Change (YACC) to support change and the democracy movement in Yemen.
Paul Williams
Former Legal Adviser, United Nation Special Envoy to Yemen
Is the former Legal Adviser to the UN Special Envoy to Yemen and currently holds the Rebecca I. Grazier Professorship in Law and International Relations at American University. Dr. Williams is also the co-founder of the Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), a pro bono law firm providing legal assistance to states and governments involved in peace negotiations, post-conflict constitution drafting, and the prosecution of war criminals. He is a world renowned peace negotiation lawyer, to which he has assisted over two dozen parties in major international peace negotiations including his efforts in Yemen.