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  • Women
    Opinion: Despite some western perceptions, Saudi women are on a roll

    Contrary to the western perception that Saudi women are under the thumb of a patriarchal society, there are some things that can’t be ignored. Take, for instance, a recent government study that found that Saudi women have more than $100 billion in ready cash lying around in banks. That’s up from $62 billion in 2004.

  • Saudi Oil Reserves
    Saudi Aramco’s Oil Resources To Grow To 900 Billion Barrels By 2025

    Aramco's CEO Khalid al-Falih said in January the company is "targeting to increase average recovery rates from our oil reservoirs by 20 percent which could add 160 billion barrels of additional reserves. That's more than the current reserves of the United States, Russia, China, the UK and Brazil combined."

  • Foreign Policy Lessons
    The Top 5 Foreign Policy Lessons of the Past 20 Years

    Assuming governments are capable of learning from experience (and please just grant me that one), then what kernels of wisdom should they be drawing on right now? What do the past 20 years or so reveal about contemporary foreign-policy issues, and what enduring lessons should we learn from recent experience?

  • Hezbollah
    Hezbollah in a Time of Transition

    The Syrian conflict is transforming Hezbollah. A movement that long claimed to transcend sectarianism is now the longest pole in the Syrian regime’s tent, and has become a bogeyman to the region’s Sunni community. At the same time, Hezbollah’s deep involvement in the Syrian civil war has damaged its position in Lebanon and even led to questions within its Shi’ite base. The conflict with Israel, while still a focus of rhetoric, has faded to the background.

  • NWC
    National Water Plans $1.1 Billion of Saudi Infrastructure

    Saudi Arabia’s largest water supplier is planning 4 billion riyals ($1.1 billion) of infrastructure projects in the desert kingdom for early next year.

  • Foreign Students in U.S.
    Chinese and Saudis lead foreign student surge at U.S. colleges and universities

    There were 886,052 foreigners enrolled in U.S. higher education in the 2013-2014 school year, the Institute of International Education and the State Department said in a report called “Open Doors.” The total rose more than 66,000 compared with 2012-2013, the eighth straight year of growth. Chinese students make up 31 percent of foreign enrollment, the largest single bloc. Their total grew 17 percent, to about 274,000. The number of Saudi students grew 21 percent, to nearly 54,000. Saudi Arabia now ranks fourth as a student exporter to the United States.

  • Israel-Palestine
    Jerusalem synagogue: Palestinians kill Israeli worshippers

    Four Israelis have been killed and eight injured as two men armed with a pistol and meat cleavers attacked a West Jerusalem synagogue, police say. The attackers - Palestinians from East Jerusalem - were shot dead.

  • U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy in Iraq
    Hagel says US speeding up training of Iraqi forces

    Hagel's spokesman, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby, said later that Austin believes getting an early start on training Iraqi forces in Anbar may prompt other countries with a stake in the fight against Islamic State to commit trainers to Iraq. Approaching the problem of ill-trained and poorly motivated Iraqi soldiers as a coalition rather than as a unilateral U.S. undertaking is a key pillar of U.S. strategy. Partnership is seen as a way of undermining the ideological appeal of Islamic State.

  • Global Oil Transport
    World Oil Transit Chokepoints

    World chokepoints for maritime transit of oil are a critical part of global energy security. About 63% of the world's oil production moves on maritime routes. The Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca are the world's most important strategic chokepoints by volume of oil transit.

  • Saudi-Qatar
    Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain end rift with Qatar, return ambassadors

    Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed on Sunday to return their ambassadors to Qatar, signaling an end to an eight-month rift over Doha's support for Islamist groups.