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Regional and related topics
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China and Russia are competing more intensely with the United States in “a race for technological and military superiority,” the nation’s top intelligence official told...
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The disclosed core elements are not surprising: The Taliban promises Afghanistan’s territory will not be used by international terrorist groups and the United States agrees...
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CSMonitor
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Joshua Mitnick |
1.29.2019
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With the United States, Israel’s main ally, withdrawing most of its troops from Syria in the coming months, Russia is emerging as the sole power...
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The nominations would fill several longstanding vacancies, including the ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia, which has been open since Trump took office two years ago. Trump...
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Bloomberg
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Grant Smith |
1.30.2019
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Oil’s biggest slump in a generation earlier this decade forced companies to slash spending, leading to a flurry of warnings that there wouldn’t be enough...
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MENA hard currency bond and sukuk issuance reached $84 billion in 2018, with demand for new issues remaining high as regional debt was oversubscribed 2x...
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Bloomberg
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Matthew Martin , Archana Narayanan , and Mahmoud Habboush |
1.30.2019
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It’s a good time to be an M&A banker in the Middle East....
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GeekWire
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Nat Levy |
1.30.2019
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Amazon appears to have found its next area for e-commerce expansion: the Middle East.
CNBC reports that Amazon has been reaching out to large third-party sellers...
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Reuters
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Rami Ayyub and Ali Sawafta |
1.30.2019
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The ATCA empowers Americans to sue foreign aid recipients in U.S. courts over alleged complicity in “acts of war”....
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Bourse & Bazaar
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Esfandyar Batmanghelidj |
1.30.2019
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Chinese exports to Iran have collapsed from about USD 1.2 billion in October 2018 to just USD 391 million in December 2018—a fall of nearly...
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BuzzFeed
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Megha Rajagopalan and Soudeh Rad |
1.30.2019
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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been blocked in Iran for several years, and the widely used messaging platform Telegram was blocked last spring. It’s unclear...
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“It’s a fascinating case study of the necessity in all of these international affairs of putting yourself in the other guy’s place — what does...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution shook the world in 1979. The dramatic event and its complex ripple effects—currents that continue to be felt today—redrew the geopolitical order....
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Qatar beat hosts United Arab Emirates 4-0 to reach the final of the Asian Cup in a game that witnessed UAE fans throwing shoes at...
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