MUST-READS

• U.S. Policy: Book Review
  The Long War: Four Views

  While the Long War continues to march, four new books have presented challenging and sometimes contradictory conclusions about the war and its lessons for the future.  This review essay looks at: the memoir of a Secretary of Defense, a recent RAND study, the cri de coeur of a retired general, and the memoir of a combat veteran and leading coindinista.  What follows is not just a review essay, but also an exploration of lessons encountered, but not yet learned.

  • Foreign Policy - The Credibility Addiction
  • Middle East Briefing - Two Views: Is the United States Winning or Losing in the Middle East?
• US-Saudi
  GE lauds ‘Green Duba’ project, the first integration of a solar field with a combined cycle plant in Saudi Arabia

  The landmark project, the ‘Green Duba’ Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Plant, will be built in the north-western part of Saudi Arabia, along the Red Sea coast, and has the capacity to generate the equivalent power needed to supply around 600,000 homes for a year.

• Global Oil Production
  MAP: Middle East Energy Production, Chokepoints

  The countries in the Middle East are sitting on oceans of oil and gas. So, whenever there's any news about escalating tension or turmoil in the Middle East, we can't help but wonder how much energy is exposed to disruption. This map helps to answer those questions.

• Egypt
  Egypt security forces kill five militants

  The militants “opened fire” after security forces raided a farm where they were hiding and preparing bombs, Egypt’s interior ministry said in a statement.

• Awamiya Clash
  Police kill suspects in northern Saudi Arabia

  Saudi security forces have killed four armed men in a clash in Awamiya region, the Interior Ministry said.

  • Reuters - 'the deadliest incident in recent years in Awamiya'
• Trade Customs
  New customs system to ease flow of goods

  It permits tax-free and duty-free temporary export and import of goods for up to one year, eliminating the need to purchase temporary import bonds. As long as the goods are re-exported within the allotted timeframe, no duties or taxes are due. Failure to re-export all or some of the goods listed on the Carnet results in the payment of applicable duties and taxes. Failure to remit those duties results in a claim from the foreign customs service to the importer’s home country.

• Raif Badawi
  Princeton professor and others offer to take 1,000 lashes for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi

  A Princeton University professor and a prominent Muslim American figure, as well as five other religious freedom advocates, are offering to take 100 lashes each for imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced by Saudi Arabia to 1,000 lashes for insulting his country's clerics.

• Turkey
  Opinion: Playing It Straight With Turkey

  In the interest of good analysis, it is important to understand the issues about which the Turks can be fairly criticized and those where assailing them does not make a lot of sense.

  • Aljazeera - Opinion: How Turkey misread the Kurds
• Border Security
  Saudi Issues Shoot On Sight Order For Border Infiltrators

  Saudi Arabia has issued orders to its border security forces to shoot any infiltrators trying to cross into the country illegally on site, local media reported.

• Saudi Football
  Saudi Arabia eliminates North Korea 4-1 at Asia Cup

  With a small but vocal group chanting the name of Kim Jong Un during the match, North Korea was eliminated from the Asian Cup on Wednesday after losing to Saudi Arabia 4-1. Mohammed Al Sahlawi scored two goals in two minutes for Saudi Arabia, while Naif Hazazi and Nawaf Al Abid added the others. Ryang Yong Gi had given the North Koreans the lead in the 11th minute.

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