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SUMMARY:"Qatar:  More than Just Oil and Natural Gas" - A "Make it Monday" f
 orum with Ambassador H.E. Mohammed Al Kuwari & General Joseph Ralston (USA
 F\, Ret.)
DESCRIPTION:Join us as Ambassador Mohamed Jaham Al Kuwari discusses Qatar's
  increasing role in the world\, oil and natural gas development as vehicle
  for change\, his country's efforts in defeating extremism\, and the 2022 
 FIFA World Cup\, among other things with moderator General Joseph Ralston 
 (USAF\, Retired).\n\nThis program is presented as part of our Summer Ambas
 sador Series and is hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce in partner
 ship with the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\n\nAmba
 ssador Al Kuwari\n\nAmbassador H.E. Mohammed Al Kuwari was born on May 20\
 , 1958 in Qatar. He received his Bachelor’s degree in political science 
 from the University of Portland in 1980. In 1990\, he received a Master’
 s degree in international relations from the University of Madrid. He is m
 arried with five children and speaks English\, Spanish\, French and Arabic
 . In December 2013\, Al Kuwari was appointed to serve as the Ambassador of
  the State of Qatar in Washington\, DC. Prior to his arrival in the United
  States\, he served for a decade as Qatar’s Ambassador to France and acc
 redited to Switzerland and the Holy See. In 2007\, he also became non-resi
 dent Ambassador to Monaco and Portugal. Ambassador Al Kuwari joined the Mi
 nistry of Foreign Affairs in 1981 as Third Secretary. Following a post in 
 Tehran from 1991-1992\, Kuwari became the Director of European and America
 n Affairs from 1995-1997 and again from 2001-2002\, as well as Member of t
 he Diplomatic Consular Services from 1997-2001. Ambassador Al Kuwari has r
 eceived numerous awards and accolades for his service as a diplomat\, incl
 uding Grand Cross of the Order of Merit from Portugal in 2012. In 2007\, t
 he President of France presented him with an officer badge of the Legion o
 f Honor\, the highest decoration in France.\n \nModerated by General Jose
 ph Ralston (USAF Retired)\nGeneral Ralston served in the nation’s second
  highest-ranking military position as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
  Staff. He also served as Commander of U.S. European Command and Commander
  of NATO. General Ralston is known to many Alaskans as the former Commande
 r of the Alaskan Command and the Alaskan NORAD Region. As Commander of the
  US European Command from (2000-2003)\, General Ralston was the senior U.S
 . military officer and commander of all U.S. forces in an area of responsi
 bility that covers more than 21 million square miles and includes 93 natio
 ns. This territory extends from the North Cape of Norway\, through the wat
 ers of the Baltic and Mediterranean seas\, most of Europe\, parts of the M
 iddle East\, to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He led the command 
 in daily missions in the war against terrorism\, from the streets of Bosni
 a to the waters of the Mediterranean. And he oversaw air operations in the
  no-fly zone over Northern Iraq.\n\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is 
 available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to list
 en.
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CATEGORIES:Summer Ambassador Series
LOCATION:Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center\,  600 W 7th Ave\, Anchorage\
 , Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States
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