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Ali
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WHAT'S
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"Restoring
Saudi Visitor Flow: The American Stake
," by Tanya Hsu and Hassan Elkhalil, Esq.,
Forecasts and quantitative analysis provided by
Grant F. Smith |
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U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy Security -- Part 2 --
Kyle McSlarrow |
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U.S.-Saudi
Anti-terror
Cooperation on the Rise -- An Interview with
Ambassador Richard W. Murphy |
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U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy Security -- Part 1 --
Ali
al-Naimi |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
10," by Frances Meade |
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"Saudi
Arabia: Rethinking Its Soul," By Muqtedar
Khan |
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Gunmen
Attack in Yanbu |
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Issues
in Context: Prince Bandar Meets the Press |
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Examining
the Relationship -- Saudi Foreign Minister
Prince Saud al-Faisal |
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US-Saudi
Cooperation in War on Terrorism Lauded in State
Department Annual Report |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
9," by Frances Meade |
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TERRORISTS
STRIKE RIYADH |
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International
Energy Outlook 2004 Highlights |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
8," by Frances Meade |
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"Sojourn
in the Desert," by Jim Landers |
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"Evacuation
Is Ordered for Most U.S. Diplomats in Saudi
Arabia," by Robin Wright and Dana Priest |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
7," by Frances Meade |
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"On
the Turquoise Coast:
Memories of a Ras Tanura Boyhood," by
William Tracy |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
6," by Frances Meade |
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"The
Saudi Effort and Its Aftermath - National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United
States" |
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Saudi
Arabia's Role in Combating Terrorism - State,
Treasury and FBI Officials Testify to Congress |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
5," by Frances Meade |
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The
Evolution of Saudi Arabia in the 21st Century -
National Public Radio Series on the Kingdom
Highlights Changes and Challenges
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On
Relations and Reforms: Secretary of State Colin
Powell and Foreign Minister Prince Saud
Al-Faisal |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
4," by Frances Meade |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
3," by Frances Meade |
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"Future
of Oil Supply: Saudi Arabia" |
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"Breaking
the Ties that Bind? U.S. Exports, Saudi Arabia
and the Accountability Act," by Grant F.
Smith |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
2," by Frances Meade |
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"The
Story of the Saudi Government Railroad," by
Frederick Haack |
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"Honey
& Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the
Sixties - Author's Foreword & Chapter
1," by Frances Meade |
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"The
Prospects for Stability in Saudi Arabia in
2004," by Anthony H. Cordesman |
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"Foreign
Students' Toughest Test: Getting In," by
Susan Taylor Smith |
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"Religious
Reform, from American and Saudi
Perspectives," by Jon Mandaville |
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"No
End to War," by Patrick J. Buchanan |
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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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An
Item of Interest from SAF
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Saudis
Out to Help the U.S., Not Push for
Bush Re-election
By
Frank Richter
"Bob
Woodward's book 'Plan of Attack' gave
critics of President George W. Bush a
chance to launch an attack of their
own. Their target was Bush's cozy
relationship with the Saudis,
something that could become an
election issue. In his book, Woodward
reports that just before the Iraq war,
Saudi Ambassador Prince Bandar
promised the president that the Saudis
hoped to fine-tune oil prices over 10
months to prime the economy for
2004.."
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 U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy
Security
Part 3
Guy
Caruso
Administrator, Energy
Information Administration
"..there
are about two million barrels
a day of unused productive
capacity in Saudi Arabia,
that's about all there is in
the world of an
80-million-barrel-a-day
economy of world market. So,
80 out of maybe 82 total
capacity -- that's a bit like
having 98 out of every 100
seats in every airline that
flies every day
occupied.." -- Guy
Caruso, Administrator, Energy
Information Administration
- Part
1 - Ali Al-Naimi, Minister
of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources
- Part
2 - Kyle McSlarrow, Deputy
Secretary of Energy, U.S.
Energy Department
- Part
3 - Guy
Caruso, Administrator,
Energy Information
Administration
- Part
4 - Abdallah S. Ju'mah,
President and CEO of Saudi
Aramco
- Part
5 - Rex
W. Tillerson, President,
Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Part
6 - Ibrahim
Al-Assaf, Minister of
Finance
- Part
7 - James Wolfensohn,
President, The World Bank
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On
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Peace
and Reform Must Go Hand in Hand: Saud
Arab News, May
19, 2004
"Peace and reforms should
go hand in hand in the Middle East and
cannot be the object of a tradeoff,
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal
told his European counterparts at a
meeting in Brussels [on May 17,
2004].." Complete
article..
Saudi
prince says the kingdom is at a
crossroads
Daily Star, May 21, 2004
"..Prince Turki al-Faisal
al-Saud, the man who headed Saudi
Arabia's intelligence services for
some 20 years and the current Saudi
ambassador to the United Kingdom, went
over more than 60 years of Saudi
Arabia's history.. ..Faisal said
Saudi-US relations, while strained by
the Sept. 11 attacks - 15 of the 19
hijackers were Saudi - remained strong
despite the negative onslaught on the
kingdom by the American media.."
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article..
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 Cities
from the Arabian Desert: The Building
of Jubail and Yanbu in Saudi Arabia
By Andrea H. Pampanini
Book
Description
A case study of what is arguably
the largest civil construction project
undertaken in modern times: the
building of two industrial cities,
Jubail and Yanbu, on the edge of the
Arabian desert. Based upon thousands
of pages of Saudi documents,
interviews with Saudi officials and
their American business partners at
Bechtel and Ralph M. Parsons, and the
author's first-hand knowledge of the
projects, the work paints a picture of
modern urban planning on a grand scale
and documents two of the largest
developmental projects in the world.
This study will be of interest to
students and scholars of urban
planning and development, civil
engineering, and Middle East studies.
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From
The History of the Saudi-US Relationship
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 Sen.
Richard G. Lugar Remarks on the
Nomination of James Oberwetter as
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
November
21, 2003
[The
following is an excerpt from Senator
Richard G. Lugar's opening statement at
the nomination hearing.]
Senator
Richard G. Lugar (R-IN): The
Foreign Relations Committee meets today
to consider the nomination of Mr. James
C. Oberwetter as Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mr Oberwetter comes highly recommended
by the President to take on the
challenging role of guiding the U.S.
Embassy in Riyadh and our Consulates in
Jiddah and Dhahran. Mr. Oberwetter has
worked in Governmental and Public
Affairs for Hunt Consolidated Inc. for
many years. He has served his community
and his state in a wide range of
professional and charitable capacities.
He is an accomplished executive and
civic leader.
The United States relationship with
Saudi Arabia has faced serious
challenges during the past few years.
Since September 11, 2001, many in the
U.S. have criticized Saudi Arabia for
not doing enough to stop terrorism and
for policies that seem to contribute to
extremism. These issues, along with the
lack of progress on political reforms --
particularly with respect to ensuring
religious freedom, women's rights and
freedom of the press -- have created
strains in U.S.-Saudi relations. As this
committee learned in hearings, our
diplomats in Saudi Arabia also must be
prepared to deal with international
child abduction cases and visa control
problems.
The Administration has affirmed that
Saudi Arabia has cooperated extensively
with U.S. counterterrorism efforts. This
cooperation has intensified in the
aftermath of the bombings in Riyadh in
May and again this month. The House of
Saud, the world's largest oil producer
and protector of the Islamic holy sites,
recognizes that it is under terrorist
attack. Beyond enhancing security, Saudi
Arabia must embrace political reform, as
well as address its chronic budget
deficits and serious unemployment
problems. These issues have a
significant impact on regional stability
and the global economy.
The Committee looks forward to our
discussion with Mr. Oberwetter about the
U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia and
his insights into U.S. policy
priorities.
Click
here to read the full transcript of
Senator Lugar's remarks.
Source:
U.S.
Senate
Also
see, "President
Bush Nominates James Oberwetter to Serve
as the New Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia"
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