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"Has
Saudi Arabia Been a Positive Influence in the
Middle East?" by John Duke Anthony
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"Saudi
Arabia: Enemy or Friend?," Middle
East Policy Council [Part 5] |
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"How
the Saudis Can Defend Against American
Critics," by Jamal A. Khashoggi |
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"Saudi
Women and the Jeddah Economic Forum," by
Maggie Mitchell Salem and Reem Al Jarbou |
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"A
Mind-Bending Venture into Saudi Gender
Politics," by Judith Barnett |
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"Ten
Reasons for Reforging the US and Saudi
Relationship," by Anthony H. Cordesman |
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"United
States-Saudi Arabian Relations in Light of the
Current International Crisis," Summary by
Mary E. Morris |
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"Saudi
Arabia: Enemy or Friend?," Middle
East Policy Council [Part 1] |
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"Re-inventing
Saudi Arabia: The View from
Washington," by John R. Bradley |
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"A
Saudi Vision for Growth," by Lubna Olayan |
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"Joint
U.S.-Saudi Action Announced to Fight the
Financial War on Terror" |
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"Saudi
Reform," by Middle East Economic Survey |
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"On
a Dagger's Edge -- Saudi Women, Long Silent,
Gain a Quiet Voice," by Faye Bowers, Staff
Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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"On
a Dagger's Edge -- Saudi Students Face a
Changing System," by Faye Bowers, Staff
Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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"The
Quiet Revolution - Saudi Arabia," by Edward
S. Walker, Jr. |
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"Al-Ikhbariya
Makes Waves," by Raid Qusti |
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On
a Dagger's Edge -- "For Saudis, A
Hard Fight Over Faith," by Faye Bowers,
Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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On
a Dagger's Edge -- "How an Al Qaeda Hotbed
Turned Inhospitable," by Faye Bowers, Staff
Writer of The Christian Science Monitor |
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"Special
Energy Supplement: The New Geopolitics of
Oil," by Joe Barnes, Amy Jaffe & Edward
L. Morse |
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Saudi-U.S.
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) &
Saudi-American Forum (SAF) Quarterly Summary |
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Saudi
Arabia - 2003 GulfWire Digest Reporting |
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"Of
Virtue and Vice: The Saudi-American Fight
Against Terror Financing," by Tanya Hsu and
Grant F. Smith |
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Saudi
Arabia Accountability Act |
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"Thomas
Lippman - 'Inside the Mirage'- US-Saudi
Relations - SAIS Panel" |
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"Scapegoating
Saudi Arabia for 9/11," by Ahmad Faruqui |
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"Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage Applauds
Saudi Arabia's Anti-Terrorism Efforts" |
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"A
Different View: A Young Saudi Woman Talks About
Society and Culture - An Interview with Sahar al
Husseini" |
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"Understanding
US-Saudi Relations: Challenging
Stereotypes - Amb. Chas Freeman at SAIS" |
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"Security
in Saudi Arabia and the Prospects for Political
Reform - Khaled al-Maeena, Editor in Chief of Arab
News at the Middle East Institute" |
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"A
Change in the Kingdom," by William Tracy |
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"The
Arab Peace Initiative," by Shafeeq N.
Ghabra |
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"I
Trust Crown Prince Abdullah: Bush,"
by Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid |
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"Riyadh:
Rooting Out Al Qaeda," by Edward S. Walker
and Wyche Fowler |
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"President
Bush Nominates James Oberwetter to Serve as the
New Ambassador to Saudi Arabia" |
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"Same
Tactics, New Target," by Amir Taheri |
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"A
Clear and Present Danger: 'Wahhabism' as a
Rhetorical Foil," by Alexander Knysh |
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"Saudi
Pseudo Studies," by Amir Taheri |
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"Terrorists
Strike Riyadh Compound in Suicide Bombing -
[Special Report #2]" |
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"Terrorists
Strike Riyadh Compound in Suicide Bombing -
[Special Report #1]" |
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"Perspectives
on Developments in US-Saudi Relations: A
Saudi Woman Speaks on the Issues" |
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"President
Bush on Freedom in the Middle East" |
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"Redeployment
of the F-15 to Tabuk," by Anthony H.
Cordesman |
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"Saudization:
Development and Expectations Management,"
by Grant F. Smith |
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"Behind
and Beyond the Headlines: Saudi
Arabia," by Karen Miller Lamb |
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"Correcting
Misconceptions About Women's Role in Saudi
Society," by Maha Akeel, Arab News
staff |
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"Saudi
Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah Discusses
Relations between Muslim and Non-Muslim
Nations" |
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 The
Prospects for Stability in Saudi
Arabia in 2004
By
Anthony H. Cordesman
"One
must be careful about overreacting to
current events in Saudi Arabia, both
in terms of terrorism and economics.
The Kingdom has both short and
long-term problems it must come to
grips with. It must do more to fight
terrorism, and it will not have
another boom year like 2003 or
experience any sustained reduction in
its need for economic and social
reforms. The regime, however, is
scarcely at risk and short-term
economic prospects remain good."
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An
Item of Interest from SAF
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 Foreign
Students' Toughest Test:
Getting In
By
Susan Taylor Martin
"..'Education
is an area where Americans and the
people of the Arab and Muslim world
have solid common ground,' said a
recent report by a congressional
advisory committee. Since Sept. 11,
'many of the best Muslim students in
the
Middle East
and
South Asia
have grown fearful of coming to the
United States
..Security needs must be balanced
against the importance of changing
attitudes toward the
U.S.
through (educational)
exchanges.'.."
[more]
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 Religious
Reform, from American and Saudi
Perspectives
By
Jon Mandaville
A
scant month and a half ago, 60 Saudi
citizens - men, women, clerics,
academics, and policy makers, all of
national stature - gathered in Makkah
to conduct a national dialogue on the
theme "Excess and
Moderation" - not a bad theme for
the presidential campaign currently
underway in the United States.
[more]
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An
Item of Interest from SAF
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 No
End to War
By
Patrick J. Buchanan
"..On
Sept. 11, al-Qaeda attacked us.
Al-Qaeda is our enemy, not Syria,
Libya, or Saudi Arabia. And the way to
cut off al-Qaeda and kill it is to
isolate it from all Arab and Islamic
nations and centers of power including
Syria, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.
"None
of these nations had a hand in 9/11.
All have a vital interest in not being
linked to an al-Qaeda for whom an
enraged superpower is on the mortal
hunt. Thus, no matter the character of
these regimes, we have interests in
common.."
[more]
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"On
the Web" --
from time to time we
will use this space
to alert you to
articles, essays and
other items of
interest on the
Internet. If
you see web items
that other readers
might want to see
please let us know
via email -- click
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email SUSRIS.
Please include the
URL. Thanks.
 "Saudi-US
Relations Will
Remain Strong, Says
US Ambassador"
By
Michel Cousins, Arab
News Staff
In
his first public
address since
arriving in the
Kingdom, US
Ambassador James C.
Oberwetter last
night said those who
tried to disrupt the
relationship between
the US and Saudi
Arabia would
"not
succeed".
The
US, he said, had a
"long-standing
commitment" to
the Kingdom. It
included not only
working together
"to defeat the
terrorists who have
tried hard to drive
us apart" but
also to ensure the
security and
prosperity of both
countries.
Click
here for the
complete article.
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day this newsletter
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later date or alter
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From
The History of the Saudi-US
Relationship
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 U.S.
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,
Comments on U.S.-Saudi Relations
October
3, 2001
Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia
U.S.
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld:
..I've been in Saudi Arabia a number
of times over the decades, and the
first time I came was immediately
after the 241 Marines were killed in
Beirut and the United States of course
was visiting its friends in the
region, and looking for support and
advise and counsel, so I came here at
that time. It's interesting that I
would be back now so shortly after the
attacks in the United States.
I
hosted His Royal Highness Prince
Abdullah 25 years ago at the Pentagon
amid his visits to the United States
and I met with His Majesty King Fahd
on any number of occasions in the 80's
and 90's. I mention that because it is
a long and very valued relationship
between the United States and the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The president
appreciated greatly the immediate and
spontaneous expressions of support the
United States received immediately
after the attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon.
You've
probably noticed the president and I
and others like Secretary Powell have
all attempted to remind the world that
the United States is engaged in
efforts against terrorists and
certainly not against religion or any
group of people or indeed any
countries specifically. It is the
people who terrorize and who harbor
terrorists that are the focus of our
attention.
I've
just had a very good visit with His
Majesty King Fahd. We visited about a
host of aspects of our relationship,
which is a strong and long,
decades-old solid relationship, which
we value and they indicated they value
it greatly. I renewed my acquaintance
with His Royal Highness Prince
Abdullah and just came from there, and
we'll be going back and having dinner
and them some more meetings with His
Royal Highness Prince Sultan, the
defense minister.
To
read the complete transcript, click
here.
Source:
U.S.
Department of Defense
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About
the Saudi-US Relations Information
Service
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The
Saudi-US Relations Information Service
(SUSRIS) provides you information
resources and interactive features
through a web site and weekly
newsletter -- all designed to enhance
your understanding of the historic
relationship between the United States
and Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-US Relations Information
Service is a public service of the
National Council on U.S.-Arab
Relations as an element of its mission
to educate Americans about Arab
countries, the Middle East, and the
Islamic world.
We
invite you to explore the site: signup
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discussion forum, browse the bookshelf
and photo album, and more. Make the
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time to time to see what we've added
-- what you see today is just the
beginning.
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