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The Staying Power of Gulf Monarchies: Why the Middle East’s Monarchies Survived the Arab Spring
- October 17,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
In a report for the Brookings Center in Doha, F. Gregory Gause tackles the question: why have Gulf Monarchies showed staying power during the Arab Spring? The Gulf monarchies that “have been written off for decades as anachronisms” have outlasted many of their republican neighbors, Gause argues, because a combination of “hydrocarbon wealth and coalitions of […]
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Photo Essay: U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles
- October 15,2013
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- SUSTG Team
Last week, SUSTG featured an initial round of images from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum hosted in Los Angeles last month. This photo essay feature 100+ more images from the Forum. CLICK HERE to Check Out More Photos from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles >>
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Steve Clemons Interviews Defense Secretary Hagel: ‘Still Sergeant Hagel After All These Years’
- October 12,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Steve Clemons, Washington Editor-at-Large of the growing online magazine The Atlantic, has a wide-ranging exclusive interview with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel seven months after he replaced Robert Gibbs at the Pentagon. The interview provides valuable insight into the office of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary Hagel himself. When asked by Clemons about the strategic […]
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RUH -> LAX: Saudia Expands Nonstop Portfolio to Los Angeles, California
- October 10,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Saudia, formerly known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, announced recently that it would begin nonstop flights from Los Angeles, California to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, starting in April 2014. The announcement was advertised to attendees of the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, where Saudia had a physical presence to make the attendees aware of the […]
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Social Media: Connecting U.S.-Saudi Forum Attendees, Speakers, and Followers Around the World
- October 2,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
Social media played a key role in connecting the speakers, attendees, and followers worldwide during the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum presented in Los Angeles September 16-18, 2013. The Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG), in coordination with the top-flight Saudi members of the SUSTG’s Student Ambassador Program, organized this social media effort across all major platforms, including […]
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U.S. Commerce Secretary: Saudi Economy at an ‘Exciting moment as it moves to a more knowledge-based economy’ – VIDEO
- September 23,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
In her keynote address to the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, the Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, noted that the United States and Saudi Arabia have a strong trade and investment relationship which has tripled in the last decade. The more than 1,100 private sector and government leaders from both the […]
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More Photos: The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California
- September 21,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum concluded on Wednesday, September 18th, with over 1,100 businessmen and government leaders from the United States and Saudi Arabia meeting at the J.W. Marriott L.A. LIVE to build commercial relationships between the two countries. SUSTG is a primary organizer of this Forum, the third in a series that includes events […]
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PHOTOS: A first look at photos from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles
- September 19,2013
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- Lucien Zeigler
The U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles concluded here yesterday with over 1,100 attendees. Participating companies and officials from both the United States and Saudi Arabia gathered to network with new opportunities and to listen to keynotes, plenary discussions and breakout sessions covering numerous sectors that are key to building and sustaining lasting business […]
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Keynote Address: His Excellency Dr. Tawfig Alrabiah
- September 18,2013
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- SUSTG Team
His Excellency Dr. Tawfig Alrabiah delivered the keynote address on Tuesday morning to attendees of the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California. Click below for the video.
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#ussaudiforum: $1 trillion projects – KSA woos American investors
- September 17,2013
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- SUSTG Team
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Riyad BankSaudi’s Riyad Bank prices 4 bln riyal capital-boosting sukuk – sources
Riyad Bank, Saudi Arabia's fourth-largest lender by assets, has issued capital-boosting sukuk worth 4 billion riyals ($1.07 billion), banking sources said on Monday.
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AfghanistanTaliban bombs rock Afghan parliament in brazen assault
A suicide car bomber followed by insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades launched an audacious attack on the Afghan parliament Monday as it was meeting to endorse a new defense minister, forcing frightened lawmakers to flee the building. The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility.
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TortureSenate Passes Amendment Banning Torture
A vote “to reaffirm the prohibition on torture” split the Senate Republican presidential aspirants Tuesday, revealing an intraparty divide in the War on Terror’s long debate on how to appropriately interrogate detainees.
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AfghanistanTaliban urge Islamic State to stop ‘interference’ in Afghanistan
The Afghan Taliban have sent a letter to Islamic State's leader urging the rival jihadist group to stop recruiting in Afghanistan, saying there is room for only "one flag, one leadership" in their fight to re-establish strict Islamist rule.
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AfghanistanAfghan troops advance on Taliban in isolated mountain district
Afghan government forces are advancing on a remote mountain region that was overrun by the Taliban last week, but they have yet to retake the district center, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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BankingExperts see positive outlook for Saudi banks
Commenting on the S&P report, Ihsan Bu Hulaiga, a financial analyst, told Arab News: “There is no comparison between Saudi banks and their counterparts in other Gulf countries.” He said: “The Saudi market is large but the number of local banks is small. However, the market is stable recording a high rate of growth."
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Lebanon: Saudi Arms PurchaseSaudi arms grant to Lebanese army stalled after Hezbollah remarks on Yemen war
France is expected to deliver 250 combat and transport vehicles, seven Cougar helicopters, three small Corvette warships and a range of surveillance and communications equipment over four years as part of the $3 billion (2.8 billion-euro) modernization program. It is being entirely funded by Saudi Arabia, which is keen to see Lebanon's army defend its borders against jihadist groups, particularly the IS group and al-Nusra Front.
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Algosaibi SettlementSaudi Family Sweetens Bank Offer After Biggest Mideast Default
Algosaibi and billionaire Maan al-Sanea’s Saad Group defaulted on at least $15.7 billion in 2009 as the global economic crisis froze credit markets and asset prices slumped. The two family holding companies, connected by marital ties, have been locked in legal disputes ever since. Algosaibi’s interests range from construction to the shipping industry.
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Afghanistan: Taliban‘Taliban Five’ talks part of Afghan peace push
Negotiations are continuing between U.S. and Qatari officials over the travel status of five Taliban members who were released to the Gulf state last year as part of a prisoner swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Al Jazeera learned Monday that weekend reports suggesting the men's stay in Qatar had been extended were erroneous, and that their situation remains under negotiation. But the fate of the so-called "Taliban Five" will be decided against a backdrop of intermittent efforts mediated by Doha to conduct peace talks among the main parties to the conflict in Afghanistan.
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AfghanistanHelmand-based Afghan soldiers largely abandon counterinsurgency patrols taught by coalition forces
But seven months after the last Marines and British troops left Helmand, the similarities between counterinsurgency operations then and the Afghans’ take on them today ended with that pep talk. The entire mission that day would quickly turn out to be a photo-op.
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