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President Obama Arrives Tomorrow to Saudi Arabia for Meetings with King Salman, GCC Leaders
- April 19,2016
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- SUSTG Team
President Obama arrives tomorrow (Wednesday) in Riyadh for meetings with King Salman and other top Saudi government leaders, and to attend a GCC summit meeting. The visit to Saudi Arabia, the President’s fourth trip to the Kingdom, comes amid increased focus on U.S.-Saudi relations. On Monday, the White House expressed confidence that Saudi Arabia would not […]
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As President Obama Heads to Saudi Arabia, Economic Cooperation and Enhanced Bi-Lateral Security Will be on Agenda
- April 15,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler and Richard Wilson
As President Obama heads to Saudi Arabia next week to meet with HRH King Salman and attend a GCC summit, familiar topics as well as new issues will be on the agenda for the President’s 3rd official visit to Saudi Arabia and second meeting with King Salman since September. Along with long-standing regional and security concerns that require U.S.-Saudi […]
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CIT’s Omar Bahlaiwa Appointed Acting Secretary General of the Council of Saudi Chambers
- April 14,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler and Richard Wilson
Saudi Committee for International Trade (CIT) Secretary General, Eng. Omar Bahlaiwa, has been appointed Acting Secretary General of the Council of Saudi Chambers, replacing Khalid Al-Otaibi. Eng. Bahlaiwa, who will continue to serve as Secretary General of CIT which is within the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce (CSC), was appointed by CSC Chairman, Dr. Abdulrahman […]
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Saudi Students in the U.S. Drop by 33% as Popular Program Undergoes ‘Re-Evaluation’
- April 13,2016
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- SUSTG Team
According to Dr. Mohammad Al-Isa, Cultural Attaché to the United States, the number of Saudi students studying in the United States has fallen from 120,000 in 2015 to 80,000 in 2016, reports Arab News. The drop comes as the popular program has been “re-evaluated,” with new scholarship program guidelines that are significantly tighter and limit participants to […]
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What to Know About the CBS 60 Minutes on Redacted 28 Pages in House/Senate 9/11 Report
- April 11,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler and Richard Wilson
Last night’s report by CBS’s 60 Minutes with correspondent Steve Kroft covered the controversial classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 report produced by U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in December 2002. This report preceded what is known […]
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Saudi Arabia was world’s third largest military spender in 2015, surpassing Russia
- April 6,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia surpassed Russia in military spending for 2015 to be the world’s third largest spender on defense, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The United States retained its top position globally in total military spending in 2015, accounting for almost one-third of all military spending globally. The […]
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Politico Op-Ed Details Extensive U.S.-Saudi Coordination to Deter Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
- April 5,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Nail Al-Jubeir, director of the information office at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia and brother to Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel Al-Jubeir (previously Saudi Ambassador to the United States), has written an op-ed in Politico on the deep and well-established programs in place to enable the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to work together to “suffocate terrorism.” The op-ed, […]
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Saudi Arabia taking ‘unprecedented hands-on role in housing finance and development’
- April 4,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s housing minister Majed al-Hogail gave an interview with Bloomberg last week in which he discussed the government’s plans to create its own development company and start a mortgage-guarantee fund to encourage banks to increase lending for Saudis. “‘We are looking to improve the productivity of the local developers’ but also trying to attract international […]
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Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on U.S.-Saudi Relations: ‘We consider ourselves to be the main ally for the U.S. in the Middle East’
- April 4,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman described the U.S.-Saudi relationship as “huge” and reiterated that Saudi Arabia was the main ally for the United States in the Middle East in a recent interview. “Our partnership with the U.S. is huge. Oil is only a small part of it. Oil was just the beginning for us,” […]
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Major Policy Shifts Revealed in Bloomberg Interview with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
- April 1,2016
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- SUSTG Team
In an extensive interview with Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman outlined his vision for several major economic initiatives. These include a plan to offer shares in all of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) rather than just it’s downstream and refining assets. “The mother company will be offered to the public […]
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NSO Pegasus spyware used to hack U.S. diplomats’ phones
The revelation, the first confirmed cases of Pegasus being used to target American officials, comes a month after U.S. officials blacklisted the NSO Group amid allegations that its foreign government clients had enabled hacking against unspecified embassy employees, political activists, human rights workers and others.
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New variant fears disrupt start of top U.S. energy conference
The World Petroleum Congress kicks off this week with a sharply trimmed roster of energy executives and government ministers to grapple with the oil market's future as the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant disrupted travel. This year's four-day event, rescheduled from 2020 due to the pandemic, brings together the industry's main players about every three years. It was expected to feature officials from countries including Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, India and the United States discussing the role of new technologies and low-carbon strategies.
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U.S.-Saudi Diplomacy Paved Way for OPEC+ to Sustain it’s Output Hike
“We appreciate the close coordination over the recent weeks with our partners Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and other OPEC+ producers to help address price pressures,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said after the meeting. “Together with our recent coordinated release from the SPR, we believe this should help facilitate the global economic recovery.”
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U.S. Moves to Cool Tensions With Saudi Arabia Over Oil Prices
“We discussed areas where the U.S. and Saudi Arabia can partner to invest in the energy transition and collaborate to build a 21st century clean energy architecture,” Hochstein said. The meeting comes after a difficult period in relations between the two countries that saw U.S. President Joe Biden releasing millions of barrels from his country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to push oil prices down. Washington opened the taps after the OPEC+ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia refused to increase its oil production quickly.
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Egyptian gas may flow to Lebanon in a few months: U.S. energy envoy
Natural gas from Egypt may start flowing to Lebanon within two or three months, and hopefully “long before” the country’s elections in 2022, according to Amos Hochstein, the U.S. State Department’s senior advisor for global energy security. The governments of four countries in September reached an agreement to pipe gas from Egypt, through Jordan and Syria, to ease the power crisis in Lebanon.
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Perspective: Saudi and UAE Are Caught in the Middle of the U.S.-China Cold War
For the Gulf states, fears about being forced to choose between their key strategic partner, the U.S., and their biggest energy customer, China, now rank alongside the threats from Iran and Islamist groups ranging from the Muslim Brotherhood to al-Qaeda. These anxieties reveal much about the uncertain realities of power in the epicenter of global energy.
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Analysis: Unspoken U.S. aim at Iran nuclear talks may be winning Chinese, Russian support
U.S. and European diplomats are frustrated by what they view as Iran's unrealistic demands, including what one described as a recent insistence that all U.S. and EU sanctions imposed since 2017 be dropped, and their expectations for the talks are low.
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U.S. Tries to Convince Arab Allies It Isn’t Quitting Middle East
“Now that you’re on the clock to withdraw your combat troops from Iraq, and with the withdrawal of Afghanistan, there are a lot of worries here,” Farhad Alaaldin, the chairman of the Iraq Advisory Council, a research institute in Baghdad, told Mr. Austin during a question-and-answer session on Saturday at the International Institute for Strategic Studies conference in Manama, Bahrain’s capital. “Your partners on the scene are worried, and some of them are starting to run for cover.”
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2 Saudi Universities Are Among the World’s Top 100, U.S. Publisher Says
Those results are from the “2022 Best Global Universities Rankings”, released by “U.S. News & World Report” in late October. The rankings compare 1,750 institutions of higher education in 91 countries. The two highest placed universities in the Middle East are King Abdulaziz University, in Jeddah, which is ranked No. 44 globally, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Thuwal, No. 97.
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Secret Chinese Port Project in Persian Gulf Rattles U.S. Relations With U.A.E.
The intelligence findings and U.S. warnings concerned a site at a port near the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. People familiar with the matter said it appeared the Emirati government, which hosts U.S. military forces and is seeking to buy advanced American jet fighters and drones, was unaware of the military nature of China’s activity.
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