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  • Global Oil Markets
    Toward a Better Understanding of Oil Markets

    For all the analysis and hype, there is no meaningful “average” break-even or shut-in price for U.S. output. It varies by basin, by producer, by maturity of project, attendant infrastructure, cash flow and credit worthiness of investors, regulatory, capital and operating costs, refinery configurations and demand, and market forces both here and abroad—just to name a few considerations. Further, to the extent individual producer resiliency in the face of lower prices proves to be widespread, the continued and expanded oversupply will only worsen the economics for everyone. We saw this happen with the surge in growth of domestic shale gas volumes only a few short years ago.

  • Border Security
    Saudi Arabia Builds Iraq Border Wall To Protect Against ISIS: An Interview with F. Gregory Gause

    Audie Cornish talks with Saudi Arabia expert Gregory Gause about how the country views the ISIS threat. The kingdom is building a 600-mile border wall along its northern border with Iraq.

  • Guantanamo
    GOP senators want greater transparency on Gitmo transfers

    Republican senators on Thursday criticized the Obama administration for releasing five Yemeni detainees from Guantánamo Bay to Oman and Estonia, and called for more transparency.

  • Agriculture
    Sandstorms destroy 40% of EP crops

    Farmers in the Eastern Province say they have lost 40 percent of their crops because of the sandstorms last week, with fears that the cold snap over the past few days would cause further losses.

  • U.S. Anti-ISIS Strategy
    American Public Attitudes Toward ISIS and Syria

    Although the fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS, found broad support in Congress and amongst a growing international coalition, questions remain about America’s commitment to a mission to “degrade and ultimately destroy” this terrorist organization, and about the efficacy of the current military strategy in stopping ISIS from seizing territory and massacring civilians.

  • Global Oil Markets
    Oil down almost 10 percent in two days as hunt for bottom continues

    Global oil markets on Tuesday slumped for a fourth straight session as mounting worries about a supply glut pressured crude prices, which have fallen almost 10 percent this week to their lowest since spring 2009.

  • Jordan and Daesh
    ISIS releases interview with captive Jordanian pilot

    First Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh's F-16 went down near ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa Wednesday. The 26-year-old Jordanian is the first foreign military pilot to fall into the extremists' hands since an international coalition began its aerial campaign against ISIS in September.

  • US-Saudi
    JSMC receives $100 million contract from Saudi Arabia

    This renewed contract comes on the heels of U.S. Sen. Rob Portman’s announcement approving the possibility of another foreign military sale of Abrams tanks to Iraq.

  • Saudi-Lebanon
    Why Saudi Arabia is Picking Up Lebanon’s $3 Billion Weapons Tab

    French foreign affairs minister Laurent Fabius welcomed the agreement, which he said "reflects the exceptional quality of French-Saudi relations." But the complex arms-sharing ménage à trois involves more than just the three actors, with Iran and Syria also factoring into the equation.

  • Expatriate Employment
    Booming Employment Opportunities in Saudi Arabia

    There are plenty of job opportunities available for expat job seekers in Saudi Arabia, provided you can show the required knowledge and expertise in any field such as construction, financial services, medicine, IT, baking, and health care.