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  • US national security advisor to visit Saudi Arabia

    "My (United Arab Emirate) and Indian counterparts will come to Saudi Arabia as well for meetings so that we can discuss new area of cooperation between New Delhi and the Gulf as well as the United States and the rest of the region, fueled in part by the comprehensive economic partnership signed last year between India and the UAE," Sullivan said,

  • Violence in Middle East Increased Despite Major Religious Observances, Special Coordinator Tells Security Council, Urging Two-State Solution

    Even as the holy days of Eid al-Fitr, Passover and Easter overlapped around the world, violence erupted in the holy sites of Jerusalem, the United Nations senior official in charge of the Israel-Palestine peace process told the Security Council today, urging all parties to recommit to the two-State solution.

  • World Military Spending Rises to Record as Insecurity Swells

    Global military spending rose to a record last year, spurred by a policy U-turn in Europe where governments boosted capabilities by the most since the end of the Cold War in the wake of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. Defense expenditure increased by 3.7% in real terms to reach a record high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI, said on Monday. About half the annual increase was due to Ukraine’s ballooning military budget, according to data for the eastern European country that excludes foreign aid.

  • Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Call with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

    They discussed a number of global and regional matters, to include ongoing diplomacy related to ending the war in Yemen.  Mr. Sullivan highlighted the remarkable progress in Yemen over the past year, during which fighting has nearly ceased under a UN-mediated truce.

  • The Age of Energy Insecurity: How the Fight for Resources Is Upending Geopolitics

    Energy security has historically been defined as the availability of sufficient supplies at affordable prices. But that simple definition no longer captures reality; the risks the world now faces are both more numerous and more complicated than in earlier eras. To handle these new challenges, policymakers must redefine the concept of energy security and develop new means of ensuring it.

  • Iraqi supply cut exposes weak spot in Israel’s energy security

    The Iraqi federal government and the semi-autonomous KRG have now reportedly reached an “initial agreement” to resume exports through the northern route. But while the world has been focused on developments inside Iraq, there is another important layer to the story which has been largely overlooked: the impact on Israel, a key customer of crude sold by Iraqi Kurds.

  • Saudi Arabia, UK bolster security cooperation

    Saudi Minister of the Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and UK Secretary of State Suella Braverman have held an “official discussion” in London on ways to develop cooperation in areas of security, SPA said. The meetings “reflected the common desire to boost the strategic and historical ties between the two friendly countries,” according to SPA. “The session saw the signing of several agreements in the security, development and training fields between the Ministry of the Interior of Saudi Arabia and the UK Home Department,” SPA said, although it not give exact details of the agreements.

  • Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

    Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests. The state-owned Saudi Press Agency said that, in a session presided by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum awarding Riyadh the status of dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — a political, security and trade alliance that lists China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four other central Asian nations as full members

  • Saudi Arabia takes step to join China-led security bloc, as ties with Beijing strengthen

    Saudi Arabia’s cabinet approved a decision to join a China-led security bloc, strengthening Riyadh’s eastern ties in a further step away from U.S. interests. The state-owned Saudi Press Agency said that, in a session presided by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi cabinet on Tuesday approved a memorandum awarding Riyadh the status of dialogue partner in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization — a political, security and trade alliance that lists China, Russia, India, Pakistan and four other central Asian nations as full members

  • Cybersecurity gains relevance as digitisation becomes a trend in the Middle East

    IBM’s in-depth study of more than 500 actual data breaches in 17 countries over the past year shows that the Middle East ranks second in terms of the average cost of security breaches among the regions surveyed. The study on organisations surveyed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the UAE suggests that security incidents became more costly and harder to contain due to drastic operational shifts during the pandemic. Some of the most popular types of cyberattacks include phishing, scam, malware and ransomware.