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30 Oct 2018, 4:52 am by Bruce Riedel
He did send American jet fighters to Saudi Arabia to deter any Egyptian cross-border meddling in Saudi Arabia. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 12:51 pm by Jim Sedor
Federal: Inside the Saudis’ Washington Influence Machine: How the kingdom gained power through fierce lobbying and charm offensivesMSN – Tom Hamburger, Justin Reinhard, and Justin Moyer (Washington Post) | Published: 10/21/2018 A sophisticated influence machine has shaped policy and perceptions of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C. for decades, batting back critiques of the kingdom by doling out millions of dollars to lobbyists,… [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 11:57 am by Matthew Borges
This information came to light from a joint effort between Saudi Arabia and Turkey. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 10:09 am by Anushka Limaye
Saudi Arabia is waging a devastating economic war on Yemen that has caused extensive famine, says the Times. [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 10:05 am by Kevin Kaufman
Table 1: Marginal Effective Tax Rate (METR) Investment Weight (original) Capital Weight (corrected)   METR   METR Brazil 25.1 Japan 20.8 India 24.1 Germany 19.3 Germany 23.2 Brazil 19.3 Japan 22.2 United States 2027 17.9 Mexico 20.9 United Kingdom 17.9 Indonesia 20.5 Turkey 17.9 China 17.2 United States 2017 15.8 Spain 17.1 India 15.2 United Kingdom 16.9 Spain 14.9 Turkey 16.9 Mexico 14.8 United States 2027 16.4 Indonesia 14.1 France 14.5 Australia 12.6 Australia 14 China… [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 9:59 am by Manny Marotta
The resolution urges all nations to stop arms deals to Saudi Arabia, although the US continues selling weapons to the Kingdom in a move the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns. [read post]
25 Oct 2018, 11:47 am by Anushka Limaye
The Saudi public prosecutor said on Thursday that based on new evidence form a Saudi-Turkish probe, the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated—the latest shift in the kingdom’s narrative of how Khashoggi was murdered, says the Times. [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm by Anushka Limaye
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech on Tuesday about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi was addressed to King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and did not mention Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is widely regarded as the kingdom’s de facto ruler; the omission is seen by some as an attempt to drive a wedge between the King and his son, reports the Post. [read post]
22 Oct 2018, 11:02 am by Steven Ratner
After days of stonewalling, Saudi Arabia has now admitted its involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 11:30 am by Tamara Cofman Wittes
For decades, while the kingdom was competing for influence in the Arab world with the secular nationalist regimes of Egypt, Iraq, and Syria, Saudi Arabia welcomed to its soil Brotherhood members who were persecuted or unsafe in their home countries. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 10:13 am by J. Dana Stuster
Saudi Arabia has been a key partner of the administration’s Middle East policy since before Trump visited the kingdom in May 2017, the first overseas trip of his presidency. [read post]
15 Oct 2018, 10:31 am by Anushka Limaye
Saudi Arabia is facing rising pressure from the U.S. and other nations to explain what happened to dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says the Times. [read post]
13 Oct 2018, 4:00 am by Anushka Limaye, Victoria Clark
Bruce Riedel argued that Congress should hold Saudi Arabia accountable by halting arms sales to the Middle Eastern kingdom. [read post]
11 Oct 2018, 6:00 am by Bruce Riedel
Eighteen months ago, Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia and said he had concluded $110 billion dollars in arms sales with the kingdom. [read post]
28 Sep 2018, 1:54 pm by Anushka Limaye
Saudi Arabia is seeking to work with the U.S. to build nuclear power plants in the Kingdom, but the challenge of building plants while also preventing the spread of nuclear weapons is stalling negotiations, according to the Wall Street Journal. [read post]
9 Sep 2018, 7:00 am by Bruce Jentleson
I saw this while on the State Department Policy Planning Staff in 2009-11, when so many of the “asks” prepared for high-level meetings with Pakistan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other U.S. allies and partners came back without compliance. [read post]
1 Sep 2018, 1:59 pm by Tom Smith
Saudi Arabia frequently uses the death penalty for a range of crimes including murder, adultery and apostasy, but crucifixions are much rarer. [read post]