MUST-READS

• Counter Insurgency
  Opinion: Is COIN No Longer Relevant?

  The movement away from COIN doctrine is also a reflection of the now-popular sentiment that it didn’t work in the post-9/11 period any better than it did during the Vietnam War, the same conflict from which so many complained we didn’t retain hard-learned lessons in COIN.

• North Africa
  Egypt’s border with Libya, Sudan ripe for Islamic State expansion

  Egypt may be interested in fighting its own battles, or at least not opening up new international fronts that would stretch its armed forces when it needs them here, but the reality is that the frontline against IS is everywhere.

• Israeli Policy
  Netanyahu: Saudi peace initiative is for a bygone era

  Obviously referring to the Saudi proposal’s call for a full Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines, including returning the Golan Heights to Syria, Netanyahu noted that this plan was made “before the takeover of Syria by al-Qaida on the Golan Heights.”

  Asked whether he thinks the initiative is now irrelevant, he replied, “What is relevant is the fact that there is a new recognition among major countries in the Middle East that Israel is not their mortal enemy, to say the least, but is a potential ally in addressing the common challenges.”

• Arab Bank and Hamas
  Arab Bank found liable by US court in Hamas attacks

  A New York jury has found Arab Bank liable for providing material support to Hamas. As a result, the Jordan-based bank must provide compensation to victims of nearly two dozen terrorist attacks that Hamas carried out in Israel and Palestine in the early 2000s.

• Construction
  Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s 10 biggest contractors

  Saudi Binladin Group again tops the list. The family-owned firm was started in 1931 and has been the trusted builder for the Saudi Royal family for over 60 years. It has a hand in many of the Kingdom’s biggest civils projects and is currently handling the $21 billion expansion project at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.

• Entertainment
  Opinion: Movies – A new Window of Economic Opportunity

  The obvious motivation to tap into the economic benefits of opening cinemas is the fact that Saudis spend an estimated $1 billion annually going to theaters and watching movies in Dubai and Bahrain. That is $1 billion not spent to boost the economy in Saudi Arabia.

• Kingdom Holding Co.
  Prince Alwaleed on Murdoch, oil, and the Islamic State

  Saudi Arabia might be one of the world's largest oil exporters, but Alwaleed says now is the time for the kingdom to look beyond crude.

• Anti-ISIS Strategy
  Hagel Says U.S. Seeks Three-Front War on Islamic State

  The U.S. will combat Islamic State extremists through a “three-front” battle waged by Syrian rebels, Kurds and Iraqi security forces, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said.

  • Politico - The evolution of Chuck Hagel
• Saudi Economy
  Saudi economy ‘dynamic and growing: Prince Turki Al Faisal

  HRH Turki al Faisal, chairman at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, discusses the benefits of opening up the Saudi Arabia stock exchange and the opportunities in the country.

• Real Estate
  Saudi Arabia to consider taxing unused urban land

  Saudi Arabia's Supreme Economic Council, a top policy body chaired by King Abdullah, will study whether to tax undeveloped urban land as part of efforts to end a serious housing shortage in the world's top oil exporter.

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