"Saudi Arabia's Foreign Policy Doctrine After the Arab Awakening" Middle East Initiative Speaker Series | April 25, 2013 Description: A public address by His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Prince Turki was Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Saudi Arabia's main foreign intelligence service, from 1977 until 2001. In 2002 he was appointed as the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a position he served until 2005, when he was appointed as Ambassador to the United States. He retired in February 2007. A Founder and Trustee of the King Faisal Foundation, Prince Turki is also the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. In addition, he is a Trustee of the Oxford Islamic Center at The University of Oxford and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University, as well as being a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Prince Turki received an honorary PhD in Law from the University of Ulster in 2010 and has been a visiting Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. This event was moderated by Professor Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.

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