The Pacific Council invites you to a virtual conversation on Friday, May 23, at 9 am featuring Dr. Jerrold D. Green examining President Trump’s recent trip to the Middle East. Similar to his first term President Trump’s first major trip overseas is focused on Saudi Arabia, with additional stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. 

The event will analyze the strategic implications, diplomatic developments, and potential impacts on regional stability. Dr. Green will explore how this visit fits into the broader context of US foreign policy and its impact on regional relationships.

Why It's Important:

• President Trump met with Syria’s new interim President and pushed for improving relations with Israel.
• White House officials announced a series of deals with Saudi Arabia totaling $600 billion, including a $142 billion on defense spending. 
• A significant delegation of American business leaders accompanied President Trump, with over 30 attending a luncheon in Saudi Arabia on May 13th. 
• President Trump’s acceptance of a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar has received bipartisan pushback 

This webinar is exclusive to Pacific Council members. Active members will receive the webinar link on Friday, May 23, 8:30 am PT, 30 minutes before the start of the webinar. 

If you have any questions, please email events@pacificcouncil.org.

Guest Speaker

Dr. Jerrold D. Green is the Global Advisor to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, a Los Angeles based healthcare organization and a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations. He is also the Interim President and CEO of the Pacific Council on International Policy, a position he previously occupied for 16 years while serving as a Research Professor of Communication, Business, and International Relations at the University of Southern California. Green was a Partner at Best Associates in Dallas, Texas, a merchant banking firm with global operations. He also occupied senior management positions at the RAND Corporation where he was awarded the RAND Medal for Excellence. Dr. Green has a B.A. (summa cum laude) from the University of Massachusetts/Boston, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago. His academic career began at the University of Michigan and he subsequently joined the University of Arizona where he became a Professor of Political Science and Sociology as well as Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

Green has lived and worked in Egypt, where he was a Fulbright Fellow, Iran, and Israel. He has been a visiting fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Science's West Asian Studies Center in Beijing; a visiting lecturer at the Havana based Center for African and Middle East Studies (CEAMO), a fellow at the Australian Defense College, and delivered papers at conferences sponsored by the Iranian Institute of International Affairs in Tehran. Dr. Green led three U.S. Department of Defense sponsored fact-finding delegations to Afghanistan, one to Iraq, and has served as an observer at the legal proceedings at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Green is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the London based International Institute for Strategic Studies, The California Club where he serves as the Global Advisor, the Lincoln Club, the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, and the Bill Richardson Center for Diplomacy/FBI Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell Influencers Group. He has served on the Selection Committee for the U.S. Department of State Herbert Salzman Award for Excellence in International Economic Performance by a Foreign Service Officer. Green serves as a member of the Agenda Committee for the annual Halifax International Security Forum where he is an HFX Fellow. Dr. Green is a Reserve Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and was accorded the department’s Meritorious Service Award. He previously served as a Specialist Reserve Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department where he advised on terrorism and intelligence issues. Green was honored by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce with its World Trade Week Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque Award that honors “a member of the international trade community whose outstanding dedication, efforts and achievements have advanced trade in the Southern California region.”

Dr. Green currently serves as a Director of the Whittier Trust Company, on the American Advisory Board of the Thomas Mann House, the Global Council of the Colburn School, the Steering Committee of the USA Eisenhower Fellowships, the Honorary Advisory Council of the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS), and served for over a decade on the selection committee for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowships conferred by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Green was a member of the United States Secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel for 8 years and was awarded the Department of the Navy, Distinguished Civilian Service Award for his service. He also served for 8 years on the U.S. Department of State Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), the Board of Directors of the California Club, was a member of the Global Taiwan Institute Bipartisan Task Force on US-Taiwan Relations in the 21st Century, on the Advisory Committee of The Asia Society of Southern California, the Advisory Board of Whitney International University, the Board of Falcon Waterfree Technologies, the Board of Columbia University’s Middle East Institute, and as an International Medical Corps Ambassador. Dr. Green served as a technical advisor to Activision Publishing in Santa Monica, California, where he consulted on the highly successful Call of Duty series.

This webinar is exclusive to Pacific Council members. Active members will receive the webinar link on Friday, May 23, 8:30 am PT, 30 minutes before the start of the webinar. 

If you have any questions, please email events@pacificcouncil.org.