LSE Kuwait Research Program public lecture in association with the LSESU Gulf Cooperation Council Society
Date: Thursday 7 May 2009
Time: 1-2pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Prince Turki Al-Faisal
Chair: Professor Michael Cox
The Saudi-U.S relationship has always faced challenges that constantly test its strength. However, recent events in the region, such as the Iraq war, the 2006 war in Lebanon and the war in Gaza, have strained this relationship further. Prince Turki Al-Faisal, with his long and extensive experience in this area, gives his personal insight into this important relationship, its historical development and future challenges and prospects.
Prince Turki served as the ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America from 2005 to 2007. He is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is the chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh.
He was appointed an adviser in the Saudi royal court in 1973. From 1977 to 2001, he served as the director general of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), the kingdom's main foreign intelligence service. In 2002, he was appointed ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Prince Turki graduated from the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J., in 1963 and subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in 1968 from Georgetown University.
Michael Cox is professor of international relations and co-director of IDEAS at LSE.
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