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  • Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
    AQAP releases video on avoiding detection by drones

    In a recent video released by the media wing of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the terrorist group provides detailed information to its fighters on methods of avoiding detection by drones. The 16-minute video, titled "Battling Espionage Planes - Camera," is largely about the technologies employed by drones in detecting individuals and vehicles on the ground and provides instructions about how to disrupt such technologies.

  • Oil
    Mitsui CEO: U.S., Saudis Pushing Oil Lower to Hurt Islamic State, Russia

    The head of Mitsui & Co., a big energy investor, said he thinks the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are working together to keep oil prices down in an effort to hurt Islamic State and Russia.

  • U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy
    U.S. Fears New Iraqi Prime Minister Isn’t Serious About Sunni Outreach

    Abadi not only pressed Hagel to supply more American weapons and increase the tempo of U.S.-led airstrikes on the Islamic State — taking the Pentagon chief by surprise — but also expressed doubts about normalizing relations in the long term with Iraq’s Sunnis, according to two senior American officials.

  • Turkey's Borders
    A Daunting Triangle: Turkey, the Kurds, and the ISIL Threat

    For example, the fact that Turkey gave permission to Iraqi peshmerga troops to cross into Syria by way of Turkey, as saviors of Syrian Kurds, and that Turkey is now training Kurdish peshmerga forces against ISIL,[1] came as a surprise even to some seasoned observers. However, decisions such as these are best viewed as contingent outcomes rather than signals of a re-alignment, reflecting short- and medium-term tactical and strategic decisions by Turkish and Kurdish leaders. They can best be seen through the prism of regional networks of elites and rooted political rivalries.

  • Women
    Saudi Women Hope For Greater Rights In 2015

    Saudi Arabian women’s headline-grabbing 2011 driving protests were a seminal moment for women’s rights in this ultraconservative Muslim country. Next year, they’ll finally get to taste the fruits of that activism — though not quite in the way they were shooting for.

  • Innovation and Technology Development
    Leading R&D organizations form alliance to boost tech transfer in Saudi Arabia

    The alliance has begun by forming Technovia, a new venture designed to create a systematic process to build a pipeline of commercialization opportunities within the country. Technovia will screen technologies with high commercial potential, conduct intellectual property assessment and market research, develop and test prototypes, and prepare technologies for commercial launch.

  • Japan and Terrorism
    How an ISIS Beheading Might Change Japan

    For Abe, whose Liberal Democratic Party did well in regional elections in December, the crisis with the Islamic State presents Japan with a dilemma. Since assuming the country’s top office, Abe has supported removing Article 9 of Japan’s constitution, a pacifist measure that has guided Japanese foreign policy since World War II. The prime minister has argued that the clause has become anachronistic in a world where China, a longtime adversary, has greatly improved its military capacity. Following the elections in December, Defense Minister Gen Nakatami explained the rationale.

  • Saudi Oil Policy
    Saudi Arabia’s New King Probably Will Not Change Current Oil Policy

    King Salman, Saudi Arabia’s new ruler, will keep Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi in his post, bolstering expectations that he will continue the policy of maintaining crude output to preserve market share even as prices have plunged.

  • Energy Subsidies
    Energy prices: Pump aligning

    In oil-exporting countries, which are particularly generous (the Middle East and north Africa account for half of the world’s energy subsidies), people are more likely to accept budget cutbacks because the economy as a whole is struggling with lower prices, says Jim Krane of Rice University. However, lower energy prices make subsidies cheaper. That can make it tempting to postpone hard decisions. Of the 19 oil exporters tracked by Mr Krane, only a handful started to cut subsidies in 2014.

  • Saudi Drivers
    Getting bad drivers off the road

    Obtaining a license can take as little as two days with the only requirements being a brief driving test and an eye exam. Only drivers who fail their initial exam are required to take driving classes. Experts said in order to keep bad driving habits off the roads, first year license holders should be required to take supplemental courses and companies and employers should not force expats under their sponsorship to drive before they have completed the necessary driving tests and courses, Al-Riyadh daily reported.