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IHS Jane’s: Saudi Spending on Military to Increase by 27% over 5 Years
- June 3,2015
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Defense consultancy IHS Jane’s says Saudi defense spending will be $48.7bn in 2015, a 2 per cent contraction over last year but will reach $62bn by 2020. Craig Caffrey, IHS principal defence budget analyst, said “We certainly expect a significant slowdown in the short term but longer term prospects remain strong,” The Financial Times (paywall) reports. “ “The Kingdom has […]
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The Open Air Art of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- June 1,2015
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The British newspaper The Guardian profiles a new book that examines the open-air artworks created by world-famous artists in the 1970s in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and the city’s recent push to restore and feature them. “From Joan Miró to Jean Arp and Henry Moore, the Saudi city was a magnet for big names in art […]
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Video: Daesh Claims Second Mosque Attack in Saudi Arabia that Kills 4
- May 29,2015
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A suicide bomber affiliated with the self-styled Islamic State, or Daesh, attacked a mosque in Saudi Arabia for the second time in a week on Friday, killing 4. The attack comes a week after another terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province that killed 21 worshippers and injured over 100 others. عاجل فيديو: لحظة تفجير مسجد […]
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MoE, SAMA to Provide 5,000 Scholarships and Jobs to Saudi Students
- May 26,2015
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- SUSTG Team
The Ministry of Education and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) agreed to provide 5,000 Saudi students with scholarships and jobs in the insurance and financial sectors, according to reports, the latest move by the government to boost education for Saudi Arabia’s surging youth population. The move by SAMA will both grant scholarships to Saudi students […]
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After Crown Prince Visit, 12,000 Saudi Students in the U.S. Added to King Abdullah Scholarship Program
- May 19,2015
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman approved on Thursday, May 14 the inclusion of 12,000 additional male and female Saudi students studying in the US at their own expense in the government’s King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP), according to reports. The inclusion came at the request of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif following […]
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Busy First Day in Washington for Visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
- May 14,2015
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- SUSTG Team
U.S. President Barack Obama met in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir on Wednesday ahead of a wider summit with senior Gulf Arab officials. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice also […]
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Secretary Kerry Visits Riyadh, Meets with King Salman, New Saudi Leadership
- May 7,2015
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Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday to meet with GCC leaders and visited separately with King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in a bid to bolster U.S.-Saudi ties and work toward a cease-fire in Yemen, according to […]
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Oil’s Price Reaches 2015 High Ahead of Speculation on Saudi Output Cuts
- May 6,2015
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Oil reached a 2015 high on Monday as Brent hit $67.10 a barrel, a sign of an oil price rebound fueled by regional chaos, global demand increases, and speculation of looming cuts in Saudi output. “No one can set the price of oil – it’s up to Allah,” Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources Ali Al […]
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Secretary of State John Kerry Praises Outgoing Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal, Welcomes Opportunity to Work With Adel Al-Jubeir
- May 1,2015
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Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement that Prince Saudi will be “greatly missed” in the world of international diplomacy and that the Secretary looks forward to continuing to work closely with his successor, Saudi Ambassador to the United States Adel Al-Jubeir. “During four decades at the highest levels of international diplomacy, Foreign Minister […]
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In Major Shakeup, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Changes Line of Succession, Appoints New Ministers
- April 29,2015
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***UPDATE: This post originally reported that Eng. Ali Al-Naimi was relieved of his post. Naimi is still Minister of Petroleum of Natural Resources, but is no longer Chairman of Saudi Aramco. *** Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a series of royal orders yesterday initiating a major shakeup in governance in Saudi Arabia, the SPA reports. […]
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MUST-READS
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U.S. Citizenship for SaudisOpinion: Why do Saudis want their children to become US citizens?
Although we do not have the right to question their actions, Saudis who take their pregnant wives to deliver in America should weigh all aspects before taking this step. When their children become Americans, they will be subject to the rules of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and they will have to pay taxes to the US government even if they are working in Saudi Arabia. They will also be subject to US laws with regard to matters, such as divorce and child custody. The US still continues to grant its nationality to anyone born there. Anyone born in any part of the US has the right to Social Security. They also enjoy the benefits of America’s care and attention if they are living in other countries.
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Oil and World PoliticsFriedman: A Pump War?
Is it just my imagination or is there a global oil war underway pitting the United States and Saudi Arabia on one side against Russia and Iran on the other?
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E-CommerceWhy should you venture into e-commerce in the Arab region? [Infographic]
In an attempt to get more entrepreneurs enthused about starting online businesses, and helping them see why the Middle East is a good space for e-commerce, the Saudi based payment gateway, Paytabs, published last week an infographic listing the three top reasons for supprting their argument. "Our aim is to inform people about the ecommerce market in the Middle East, as it is the fastest growing in the world," says Umair Maqsood, strategic Marketing Associate at Paytabs. "We want people to do business online and get a chunk of the $15 billion."
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Maritime ThreatDoes the Houthi Takeover of Yemen’s Sanaa Endanger World Trade?
Yemen is admittedly a relatively small country of 24 million, a little less populous than Texas. It is the second poorest in the Arab League after Somalia. It is nevertheless a country with enormous global strategic importance:
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Global Oil MarketsCan Saudis beat North Dakota in an oil price war?
Comments by Saudi officials indicate they continue to believe shale oil requires a price of $90 a barrel to be profitable, the analysts noted. While the Saudis think this represents a new floor for oil prices, the floor is actually falling as shale-oil production technology continues to improve, Citi said. (It costs just a few dollars a barrel to extract Saudi Arabian oil, but the International Monetary Fund in September estimated that the “breakeven” price required to balance the country’s budget rose to $89 a barrel in 2013 from $78 in 2012.)
- WSJ - Oil Markets Fly Into a Perfect Storm
- Daily Mail - In oil price war, Saudi's biggest rival is next door
- Wall Street Journal - Iran Slashes Oil Prices to Asia Following Saudi Cut
- Al Arabiya - Brent falls near four-year lows as rout extends
- Bloomberg - Saudi Arabia Oil-Price Cuts Said to Be Aimed at Aiding Refiners
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ISIS StrategyWhat’s so new about the Islamic State’s governance?
According to new global data I collected for my dissertation on the social service provision by all active insurgent groups from 1945 to 2003, over one-third of insurgencies have provided education or health care to either members of the insurgency or civilians. This trend is fairly consistent with insurgencies across time: As the number of insurgencies began increasing in the 1960s before declining in the mid-1990s, so did the number of insurgencies providing social services.
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AfghanistanWill Afghanistan Become the ‘Forgotten War’ Again?
And after nearly $800 billion, and more than 2,300 American lives, the war in Afghanistan will officially come to an end this year. But the mission is far from over. Whatever military ambitions that defined the war’s original name, “Operation Enduring Freedom,” have now been reduced to a far less ambitious—and more lasting—approach with the mission’s new name: “Operation Resolute Support.”
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U.S. Counter-Terrorism PolicyIs Vice’s Documentary on ISIS Illegal?
That decision means, for example, that Jimmy Carter and his Carter Center could be in violation of federal law for giving peacemaking advice to groups on the State Department’s FTO list. Any private individual who coordinates with a group on that list, or a group that the individual ought to know engages in terrorism, with the purposes of providing it advice or assistance—even on how to pursue an end to its campaign of violence—is guilty of a crime by the logic of the Roberts Court. In the justices’ judgment, the government’s interest in delegitimizing and weakening any such group easily outweighs constitutional rights to speech and association.
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U.S.-AfghanistanWe Finally Have a Security Agreement With Afghanistan—What’s Next?
Approximately 9,800 soldiers are expected to stay in Afghanistan after the end of 2014, down from about 38,000 at the beginning of the year. By the end of 2015, that number will be cut in half to about 4,900, and soldiers will be located in two areas: the capital city of Kabul and Bagram Air Base, roughly an hour north of the capital.
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Iraq's ArmyPentagon says it will take years to retrain Iraqi forces. Why so long?
The assassination and intimidation campaign waged by Islamist militants, as well as the cronyism practiced by the former Iraqi prime minister, have led to an erosion of confidence, says the retired general who took command of the training effort for Iraqi security forces in 2007.
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