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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Meets with U.N. Secretary General in New York
- March 28,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman continued his active visit to the United States yesterday, attending a business meeting in New York with over 200 executives, and separately meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. 200 top business leaders from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia – including two dozen women – assembled in […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Harvard, MIT in Boston
- March 26,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Harvard University and MIT in Boston, Massachusetts over the weekend to tour two of America’s premiere higher education campuses and talk about the importance of research and entrepreneurship to Vision 2030. The visit to Boston is the second stop in a weeks long tour across the United States, his first […]
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State Department Approves $1 Billion in New Military Sales to Saudi Arabia
- March 23,2018
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- SUSTG Team
The State Department approved a possible sale of $670 million in TOW 2B (BGM-71F-Series) missiles to Saudi Arabia, according to a release from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). Together, with a new $300 million sale for spare vehicle parts for the Royal Saudi Land Forces Ordnance Corps, the new deals announced amount to nearly $1 billion. Defense Secretary James Mattis on […]
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Reports: Crown Prince and Delegation to Meet with Tech, Defense, Banking Giants
- March 22,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Two separate reports from Bloomberg confirm that Saudi officials are eying meetings with major banking houses and technology giants during the Crown Prince’s nearly three-week long visit to the United States. The delegation currently visiting the United States will seek to meet with executives from Amazon, Apple, Google, Pfizer and other companies as they hunt for […]
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Kicks Off Two Week U.S. Visit Today with Meeting at White House
- March 20,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Washington, D.C. last night and will kick off a two week, multi-city U.S. tour with a meeting today at the White House. The Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C. issued a release providing further details on the trip, noting that in addition to meeting with President Trump […]
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Interview: Bechtel’s Millennial Saudi Country Manager Abdulrahman Al-Ghabban Discusses Company’s Activities and Ambitions in Vision 2030 Era
- March 19,2018
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- Lucien Zeigler
San Francisco-based Bechtel is one of the largest engineering, construction, and project management companies in the world, and it’s been doing business in Saudi Arabia for 75 years. Following the announcement of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 economic and social reform plan, the company hired its first Saudi national as country head of its operations in the Kingdom […]
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Shrugging Off Uncertainty, Investors Pour Money into Saudi Arabia with ‘Strong Underlying Fundamentals’
- March 15,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia is “the hottest emerging market” right now as investors appear to be shrugging off concerns surrounding last year’s crackdown on corruption and with optimism surrounding Vision 2030’s economic and social reforms now coming into effect, CNN Money reports. “Equity funds investing in Saudi Arabia saw net inflows of $110 million between the start […]
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Trump to Host Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at White House on March 20
- March 13,2018
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- SUSTG Team
President Donald Trump will host visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington on March 20 at the White House, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday, noting that the president “looks forward to strengthening ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia.” Prince Mohammed will arrive to a tumultuous time in Washington, especially in the foreign […]
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Adds Egypt Leg to International Trip
- March 2,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will begin a weeks long international tour with a three day visit to Egypt, according to a Reuters report citing confirmation from the office of Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. Egypt and Saudi Arabia have enjoyed strong ties since Al-Sisi took power and ousted the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. […]
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Reports Confirm Mohammed bin Salman to Visit U.S. in March; Schedule Remains Unclear
- February 28,2018
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- SUSTG Team
Conflicting reports have emerged in the U.S. media in the past 24 hours surrounding an expected visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the United States this month. Last night, an exclusive report by Joyce Karam for The National said the Crown Prince would visit the United States for a longer visit, starting March […]
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Iran, U.S. indirect talks have ended in Doha, tweets EU’s Mora
"Unfortunately, not yet the progress the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for. We will keep working with even greater urgency to bring back on track a key deal for non-proliferation and regional stability," Mora said.
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U.S., Iran Gather for Indirect Talks on Nuclear-Deal Revival
The talks, which are being mediated by European Union diplomats since Iran refuses to meet directly with the U.S., are the first since negotiations broke down in mid-March. The aim is to agree steps Washington and Tehran would need to take to return into compliance with the nuclear deal, which lifted most international sanctions on Iran in exchange for tight but temporary restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work.
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Report: U.S. Held Secret Meeting With Israeli, Arab Military Chiefs to Counter Iran Air Threat
The previously undisclosed talks, which were held at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked the first time that such a range of ranking Israeli and Arab officers have met under U.S. military auspices to discuss how to defend against a common threat.
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A shale booster shot: ‘Re-fracs’ rise as cheap way to lift U.S. oil output
U.S. shale oil producers are returning to existing wells and giving them a second, high-pressure blast to lift output for a fraction of the cost of a finishing a new well. These "re-fracs" are taking hold as shale oil producers look to take advantage of $100 a barrel crude without making big investments in new wells and fields.
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U.S. hints at Israeli-Arab normalization steps around Biden’s Middle East visit
“We are working in the space that is not in the public domain with a couple of other countries. I think you'll see some interesting things around the time of the president's visit," Leaf, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near East affairs, said when asked about whether the Biden administration is working to expand the Abraham Accords.
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U.S. hints at Israeli-Arab normalization steps around Biden’s Middle East visit
Barbara Leaf, the State Department’s most senior diplomat for the Middle East, hinted at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday that President Biden’s visit to the region next month could lead to more normalization steps by Arab countries towards Israel.
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The Case for a New U.S.-Saudi Strategic Compact
The United States and Saudi Arabia both stand to benefit by renewing their central strategic partnership, argue Steven A. Cook and Martin S. Indyk.
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U.S. working on normalization “road map” for Saudi Arabia and Israel
The White House has been working on a “road map for normalization” between Israel and Saudi Arabia ahead of President Biden’s visit to the Middle East next month, according to four U.S. sources briefed on the issue. Why it matters: The trip could show that the Biden administration has continued to help foster progress on the warming of relations between Israel and the Arab world after the Trump administration brokered the Abraham Accords, which led to normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab countries.
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Can Biden’s Visit Create a Lasting Recalibration in the U.S.-Saudi Partnership? Video
Biden is no doubt hoping to get Saudi Arabia to increase oil production and lower the cost to Americans at the pump before the November midterm elections. Additionally, with nuclear negotiations in Vienna at a seeming stalemate, Washington must look to alternative strategies to deal with Iran that will require close coordination with regional partners, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel.
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Military Relations and the U.S.-Saudi Alliance
NESA’s mission is to enhance security cooperation between the United States and countries in the Near East and South Asia. The program looks beyond equipment and tactical skills in military defense, prioritizing human resource development. NESA leads many programs and workshops to develop those human resources and, in collaboration with foreign governments, establishes curriculums for military universities and war colleges that focus on teaching strategic and operational skills.
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