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Commentary: Afghanistan: “Peace” as the Vietnamization of a U.S. Withdrawal?
U.S. policymakers may be taking the current peace effort in Afghanistan seriously and believe it could actually succeed. At best, it is a well-intentioned attempt at peace, whose authors do not realize that this form of “peace” is likely to rapidly deteriorate into a Vietnam-like withdrawal.
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Perspective: Geopolitical Trends to Watch in MENA in 2020
We see the potential for growing geopolitical instability in the Middle East and North Africa this year, a continuation of last year’s trend. There are bright spots, however: after a tough 2019, the Gulf economies seem poised for a modest economic recovery this year, though this will depend on global economic growth and the stabilization of oil prices.
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Most Russian oil firms want OPEC+ deal extended into second-quarter: Lukoil
Most Russian oil companies want OPEC’s global output curbs to remain in place for one more quarter, but Moscow has still not made a final decision on a possible new deal with OPEC and its allies, a senior Lukoil official said on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia has been trying to persuade Russia to join deeper oil production cuts. Moscow has said it will disclose its stance in the coming days.
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Opinion: Saudi Arabia’s ‘slow steaming’ changes to Islam may just work
For those who are observing events in the Muslim world, with an eye toward recognizing positives rather than negatives, the concept of slow steaming is being used by Saudi Arabia as it seeks to administer a course change for Islam to gradually bring stability to the Middle East region.
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Cloud-seeding plan aims to increase rainfall in Saudi Arabia by 20 percent
The Saudi cabinet has approved a cloud-seeding program that aims to increase rainfall in the Kingdom by almost 20 percent. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture said the program was developed after a review of global practices and visits to other countries in the region to study their experiences of cloud seeding. It is a response to the growing pressure placed on water resources by population growth, in addition to significant growth in the industrial, energy, transportation, mining and agricultural sectors, where demand for water has almost reached 24 billion cubic meters a year.
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Saudi Arabia vs Dubai Could Be the Gulf’s Next Big Rivalry
The growing number of startups in Riyadh reflects an undeclared competition between two Gulf allies that’s set to intensify this year, realigning the economics of a region striving to reduce its reliance on oil. Dubai has staked its economic recovery on World Expo 2020, a six-month showcase of global innovation expected to attract some 25 million visitors, while investing billions of dollars in infrastructure. It’s also a big year for Saudi Arabia, which takes on the chairmanship of the Group of 20 major economies and plans a series of events to promote its own breakneck transformation.
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Jeers as Weakened Rouhani Calls for Unity in Deeply Divided Iran
But his speech in Tehran’s Azadi Square was often drowned out by vocal, mostly male groups who had swarmed a temporary fence dividing the stage area from the public enclosure. They booed Rouhani loudly, while glorifying Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and even calling for war with the U.S.
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Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem
There are a lot of reasons why Israel excels in cybersecurity, but one of them is undoubtedly its talent pool, which is fed by intelligence units like 8200 and 81. Indeed, it’s exceedingly unusual to come across security startup founders in the country who did not receive their initial training in the intelligence services. This experience also gives these founders a network of potential co-founders and employees right from the get-go.
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Palestinian leader says U.S. peace plan would make ‘Swiss cheese’ out of Palestinian land
The Trump administration claimed a symbolic victory at the United Nations on Tuesday, as an effort to formally condemn the new U.S. Middle East peace plan fizzled, while Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas angrily accused Washington of trying to extinguish the idea of an independent Palestinian homeland.
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Tehran-backed Hezbollah steps in to guide Iraqi militias in Soleimani’s wake
Shortly after Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq, the Tehran-backed Lebanese organization Hezbollah urgently met with Iraqi militia leaders, seeking to unite them in the face of a huge void left by their powerful mentor’s death, two sources with knowledge of the meetings told Reuters.
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