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Are Members of Royalty “Foreign Officials” Under the FCPA?
- December 11,2012
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- SUSTG Team
For U.S. companies conducting business abroad, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a constant companion. The FCPA, “applies to any person who has a certain degree of connection to the United States and engages in foreign corrupt practices. The Act also applies to any act by U.S. businesses, foreign corporations trading securities in the […]
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Saudi Arabia Seeks $6.7 Billion of U.S. Transport Planes
- November 9,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia plans to buy 20 C-130J military transport planes, five KC-130J refueling aircraft and related equipment from Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) valued at about $6.7 billion, the Pentagon said today in a statement.The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the potential sale to Saudi Arabia, the agency said in a statement posted […]
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What’s the foreign policy agenda for the next four years?
- November 5,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Is it too early to talk about the foreign policy and national security agenda that will face the next president? No matter who wins on November 6, the feature that is going to dominate U.S. national security planning over the next four years is constraint. Even if we avoid going off the sequestration cliff, there […]
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The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran
- August 8,2012
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- SUSTG Team
A new book on the long confrontation between the US and Iran blames the George W. Bush administration for squandering opportunities to improve relations with Tehran and invading Iraq in 2003 without recognizing that Iran would wind up being the power broker in that country. These criticisms are remarkable given their source: David Crist, author […]
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Saudi Arabia names Defense Minister Prince Salman new heir to throne
- June 18,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s ruler named Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz is the country’s new crown prince Monday — an expected nod that leaves power still within an aging and shrinking circle of leaders in one of the West’s most critical Middle East allies.
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Saudi Arabia mourns death of Crown Prince Naif
- June 17,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The funeral prayers for the Saudi Crown Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz will be held at the Haram Mosque in Makkah following the Maghreb prayer today. The body will then be buried at the graveyard in the holy city. Muslim leaders from across the world started arriving in Jeddah on their way to Makkah to […]
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Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: Obaid
- May 14,2012
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- SUSTG Team
In this SUSRIS exclusive presentation, the “Saudi Perspective on the Middle East: The View from Riyadh” assessment provides: the background and context for Saudi diplomacy — assets and characteristics; economic and energy data; sources of regional instability; the “New Gulf Union”; profile of Gulf defense configurations; the Kingdom’s role in regional stabilization and its political and […]
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Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman Visits Pentagon, White House
- April 12,2012
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz held talks at the Pentagon on Wednesday that focused on the crisis in Syria, hours before a ceasefire deadline was due to expire. The Saudi defense chief later held talks with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
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Critical Commercial and Economic Ties: Interview with Jose Fernandez
- April 3,2012
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- SUSTG Team
The 2nd US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Atlanta in December brought together a high level delegation of over 200 Saudi officials and business people with over 1000 Americans to explore the $1 trillion-plus commercial openings available in the coming decade in the Kingdom. The response to the Forum – and what it means for American investment and […]
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U.S.-SaudiPoll: Most Americans support sending troops, missile defenses to Saudi Arabia
“The public does not want to take direct military action against Iran unless they attack American interests, but they fully support sending more troops and missile defenses to help protect Saudi Arabia,” Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, said.
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U.S.-SaudiUS Sending Troops, Weaponry to Saudis to Boost Kingdom’s Air Defenses
The movement is the first step in responding to what officials call an Iranian attack on Saudi oil facilities earlier this month. One U.S. official told VOA the attack originated in "southwest Iran" and that the U.S. has more proof "than just debris" to back up this claim, although no evidence has been released by the U.S. to date.
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U.S.-SaudiCrown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman talks US troops with US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper had discussed arrangements for sending defensive US troops to the kingdom, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported Wednesday night.
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SHORADTrump sending troops to Saudi Arabia shows short-range air defenses are sorely needed
The Saudi Abqaiq oil facility was guarded by a half-dozen Shahine short-range missile systems and radar-guided air defense cannons, but since neither of the old systems were designed for defense against drones or missiles, they did very little good.
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U.S.-Saudi RelationsU.S. Destroyer Arrives Off Saudi Arabia Amid Plans To Bolster The Kingdom’s Air Defenses
The U.S. Navy has reportedly deployed the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Nitze to the northern end of the Persian Gulf ostensibly to help shore up Saudi Arabian air defenses in the wake of unprecedented mass cruise missile and suicide drone attacks on sites critical to the country's oil industry.
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Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI)Saudi’s SAMI, Spain’s Navantia sign $991 million defense deal
In addition to combat systems integration, the new agreement will focus on system engineering and architecture, hardware design, software development, testing and verification, prototyping, simulation, and modeling, the report said. SAMI and Navantia signed an agreement last year to jointly manufacture five corvettes for the Saudi navy.
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U.S.-SaudiEsper Welcomes Saudi Vice Defense Minister to Pentagon for Talks
Before today's meeting, Esper called the U.S.-Saudi Arabian relationship "one of the most enduring" in the Middle East. The secretary promised to make the relationship grow even more.
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Missile DefenseLockheed awarded $1.5 billion Saudi Arabia THAAD missile defense system contract
Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $1.5 billion modification to an earlier contract to supply Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Interceptor support items for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a release. The $1,473,941,756 firm-fixed-price modification to a 2017 Missile Defense Agency contract (HQ0147-17-C-0032) brings the total value to $5,364,606,980, the Friday, July 19 release said.
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Domestic Defense IndustryLimits on Western arms exports helped spur indigenous Saudi and UAE defense industry
KSA is still consolidating companies within SAMI to achieve a 50 percent technology transfer target, and full cooperation between one defense company controlled by the government. On June 26, SAMI announced it was taking full control and buying all of Advanced Electronics Company’s shares.
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DefensePresident Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee, Mark Esper, explained
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper is officially going through the confirmation process to become Secretary of Defense this week — finally bringing a Senate-confirmed official to the Pentagon’s top spot after nearly seven months. Former Secretary Jim Mattis left in January.
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