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Robert Jordan was selected by President George W.
Bush to serve as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia at the most
critical point in the history of the relationship between our two
countries. After Senate confirmation, he served as ambassador from October
2001 through October 2003.
Mr. Jordan took charge of his Mission in the wake
of the September 11 attacks that radically affected U.S.-Saudi relations.
He led American efforts to enlist Saudi support for removing the Taliban
from Afghanistan, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein, and promoting the
Middle East peace process. As ambassador, he worked closely with President
Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell in matters such as the historic
presidential summit meetings in Crawford, Texas, and Sharm El Sheikh,
Egypt.
Mr. Jordan vigorously pursued stronger Saudi
collaboration in the war on terrorism and terrorist financing, and
advocated promotion of American business, human rights, democracy, and
economic reform in the Kingdom, including reforms needed to qualify for
Saudi accession to the World Trade Organization.
Resuming his law career at Baker Botts in 2004,
Mr. Jordan currently engages in an international business, government
relations, and dispute resolution practice. He has served as personal
attorney to President George W. Bush and also has advised major
corporations in shareholder litigation and in antitrust, corporate
governance, and dispute resolution matters. He has participated in
engagements involving international transactions in the transportation,
security, educational, mining, financial, and energy sectors.
Mr. Jordan is a member of the American
Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of Arbitrators, the National
Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of the CPR International Institute for
Conflict Prevention & Resolution, and The London Court of
International Arbitration. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations,
he serves as president of the Dallas Committee on Foreign Relations and as
vice chairman of the board of directors of the John G. Tower Center for
Political Studies. Mr. Jordan also serves on the executive committee of
the board of directors of the Center for American and International Law
and the advisory board of the Center's Institute for Transnational
Arbitration.
Mr. Jordan serves as Diplomat in Residence and
adjunct professor of political science at Southern Methodist University.
In 2007 he received the Fellows Award presented by the Dallas Bar
Foundation.
Mr. Jordan frequently shares his in-depth
experience in international relations in interviews with the major
international news media. He has given speeches before the Council on
Foreign Relations in New York and Committees on Foreign Relations in
Washington, Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, and Chicago, as well as before
audiences in London, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dhahran, Beirut, and Rome. |
