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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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Reduced Consumer Spending, M3 Decline Indicates Saudi Economic Slowdown
- March 29,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Central bank data released on Monday shows Saudi consumers withdrew and spent less money in February and a key money supply metric “shrank for the first time since at least 2000,” according to Bloomberg. M3 dropped 0.9 percent from a year earlier last month. According to Reuters, narrower money supply measures M1 and M2 also […]
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Saudi Film Festival Features Highlights Growing Enthusiasm for Independent Filmmakers
- March 25,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Close to 400 enthusiastic film fans filled a hall for the opening ceremony of the 3rd annual Saudi Film Festival at a culture and arts centre in the Gulf coast city of Dammam on Thursday night. 112 candidates are participating with 70 films nominated for the awards. 24 of the filmmakers are Saudi women and […]
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Washington Welcomes Saudi Move to Wind Down Yemen Campaign
- March 18,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia has said its military coalition will scale back operations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, according to reports. Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told AFP in an exclusive interview that the coalition is, “in the end of the major combat phase.” “We would welcome and do welcome” that statement, White House spokesman Josh Earnest […]
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Obama to Visit Saudi Arabia in Wake of Heated Debate Regarding U.S. Middle East Policy
- March 17,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit Saudi Arabia in April, his third time visiting Saudi Arabia while president. In September 2015, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman visited the United States with his son and Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman. And, last spring, Obama invited the Saudis and other Persian Gulf Arab […]
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NYT Report Documents Former Ambassador Al-Jubeir Efforts to Enlist U.S. Support for Saudi Campaign in Yemen
- March 14,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
A New York Times report by Mark Mazetti and Eric Schmitt sheds light on Saudi Arabia’s efforts to enlist the Obama Administration’s support for taking military action in Yemen last year. The decision to support Saudi Arabia came after two days of meetings in March 2015 between then-Ambassador to the United States Adel Al-Jubeir and top officials in the […]
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Secretary Kerry Makes Second Trip to Saudi Arabia in 2016
- March 11,2016
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- Lucien Zeigler
Secretary of State John Kerry is en route to Saudi Arabia now for his second visit to the Kingdom since the start of 2016. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel March 11 to Hafar al Batin, Saudi Arabia to meet with senior government officials to discuss a variety of topics, including efforts to resolve […]
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Riyadh to Keep Arms Originally Bound for Lebanese Army
- March 7,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia will honor its contracts with French defense companies for $3 billion in arms previously bound for Lebanon as military aid, but will keep the equipment for its own army, foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir said. Saudi Arabia recently withdrew its promise of $3 billion in military aid and $1 billion for security services over […]
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Borrowing by Arab Governments More than Doubled Last Year as Energy Producing Nations Feel the Pinch
- March 2,2016
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- SUSTG Team
Borrowing by Arab governments more than doubled last year and is forecasted to remain high in 2016, according to the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P). Last year, Saudi Arabia borrowed $26 billion, and in total, GCC Governments borrowed $40 billion overall. Egypt borrowed the most of any Arab nation with $44 billion. S&P projects […]
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U.S. - PakistanPakistan’s army chief to visit U.S.
Foremost on Sharif’s mind will be the future of Pakistan’s relationship with the U.S. after 2016, when the U.S. is expected to remove almost all its troops from Afghanistan, Nawaz said. The U.S. currently reimburses the Pakistani military for its counterterrorism operations. Since launching an offensive against the Pakistan Taliban in North Waziristan this summer, the Pakistani military has increased troop strength on the border with Afghanistan from 150,000 to 170,000.
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U.S.-Israel RelationsThe Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here
The relationship between these two administrations— dual guarantors of the putatively “unbreakable” bond between the U.S. and Israel—is now the worst it's ever been, and it stands to get significantly worse after the November midterm elections. By next year, the Obama administration may actually withdraw diplomatic cover for Israel at the United Nations, but even before that, both sides are expecting a showdown over Iran, should an agreement be reached about the future of its nuclear program.
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Free Syrian ArmyU.S. again turns to Syria’s FSA rebels, despite known problems
Once again, Washington appears to be turning to the FSA, despite the group's well-documented shortcomings, including a lack of unity, uneven battlefield and human rights records and alliances with Islamist radicals. "At this point, the intent of the coalition is to build a coherence to the Free Syrian Army elements that will give it the capacity and the credibility over time to be able to make its weight felt in the battlefield," retired Marine Gen. John R. Allen, named by the White House to help coordinate the anti-extremist coalition, told reporters in Washington this month.
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U.S.-TurkeyKidnapping plot in Turkey raises new questions about U.S. troops’ safety
A bold yet ultimately unsuccessful kidnapping plot orchestrated by the Islamic State in Turkey raises new questions about the safety of U.S. troops and other American personnel stationed throughout the country.
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ExtremismSaudi Arabia jails al Qaeda suspects over plot to hit U.S. forces
A Saudi court has sentenced 17 people, four of them women, to prison terms of up to 30 years in two separate cases, one of which involving an al Qaeda plot to attack U.S. soldiers in Qatar and Kuwait, the state news agency SPA said.
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U.S. ISIS StrategyU.S., Iraq planning offensive by Iraqi forces to reclaim territory from Islamic State
The plan, described as methodical and time-consuming, will not begin in earnest for several months and is designed to ensure that Iraqi forces do not overextend themselves before they are capable of taking and holding territory controlled by the militants.
- Asharq Alawsat - We will liberate Mosul from ISIS: Iraq Defense Minister
- Foreign Policy - Get Ready for Iraq War IV
- NPR - Ambushes, Mines And Booby Traps: ISIS Militants Change Tack
- The Atlantic - Daily Life in the Shadow of ISIS
- Reuters - Consumed by ISIS, Iraq's Anbar Province a Key Battleground Again
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U.S. Advisory MissionU.S. advisory mission in Iraq remains limited in scope and impact
Most of the U.S. advisers are miles away from any combat, sharing intelligence with Iraqi commanders, helping plan missions and develop strategies. Seven of those teams are embedded with Iraqi units in the Baghdad area, and five teams are assigned to the Kurdish area surrounding the city of Irbil, DoD officials said. There are no U.S. advisers with any Iraqi units in Anbar province, where Islamic State militants were advancing in early October and had seized control of several Sunni towns and cities.
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US-Arab Military CooperationSerious disagreements remain in U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State
The question is whether such a diverse coalition, whose members have differing objectives, can be herded into agreement on a coherent strategy.
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Iran NegotiationsU.S., E.U. hold grueling talks with Iran about its nuclear program
A grueling day of talks Wednesday between senior American, Iranian and European diplomats produced no breakthrough agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program, but officials said they still aim to reach a deal by the Nov. 24 deadline.
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Iran NegotiationsU.S. says no talk now about extending Iran nuclear negotiations
"We don’t know if we’ll be able to get to an agreement, we very well may not,” the official said, declining to be named.
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