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"U.S.-Saudi
Relations: A Glass Half Empty, Or Half Full? -- An Interview
With Thomas Lippman" |
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"Top
Figures Prepare to Contest Polls,"
by P.K. Abdul Ghafour |
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"Saudi
Arabian Oil Fields Brimming" |
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News
In Depth: Saudi Arabia Launches New PR Campaign |
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"The
Day I Met My Dad," by Steve Furman |
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News
In Depth: Saudi Arabia Ready to Boost Crude Oil Output |
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Mosque
by
David Macaulay -- A Book Review |
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"How
the Holy Warriors Learned to Hate," by Waleed Ziad |
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"Terror,
Students, Policy and Relationships: A Congressman Looks to
the Future" |
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"Lunch
with a Prince," by Steve Furman |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution
of Wahhabism" -- Part 5, by Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"How
Does the Saudi Relationship With the Bush Family Affect U.S.
Foreign Policy?" -- An E-mail Debate between Craig
Unger and Rachel Bronson |
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"The
Ambush"
A Poem By Nimah Ismail Nawwab |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution
of Wahhabism" -- Part 4, by Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Saudi
Arabia Proposes Sending Islamic Forces to Iraq" |
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"9-11
Commission Report -- Saudi Arabia" |
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"Secretary
Powell Interview -- Al Ikhbariya Television, Saudi
Arabia" |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution
of Wahhabism" -- Part 3, by Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Saudi
Society, Reform and Terrorism," by Dr. Haifa R. Jamal
Al-Lail |
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"Drill
Bits and Data Bytes: The Texas-Saudi Export
Relationship
," by Grant F. Smith |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution
of Wahhabism" -- Part 2, by Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"U.S.-Saudi
Relations:
Online Discussion with Rachel Bronson" |
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"A
Combustible Mix: Politics, Terror, Oil and the Future of the
U.S.-Saudi Relationship" -- Remarks by Chas W. Freeman,
Jr. |
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"From
Exclusivism to Accommodation: Doctrinal and Legal Evolution
of Wahhabism" -- Part 1, by Abdulaziz
H. Al-Fahad |
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"Cooperation
with Saudi Arabia on Combating Terror Financing" --
Jody Myers' Testimony |
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"In
Rare Public Dialogue, Saudi Women Talk Rights," by
Faiza Saleh Ambah |
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"A
Combustible Mix: Politics, Terror, Oil and the Future of the
U.S.-Saudi Relationship" -- Thomas
W. Lippman |
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"Blackening
the Face of Terrorism in Saudi Arabia," by Eric Watkins |
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"The
Saudi Arabia that I Remember," by
John R. Bradley |
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"Playing
Into the Enemy's Hands," by Patrick J. Buchanan |
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Saudi-US
Relations Information Service (SUSRIS) & Saudi-American
Forum (SAF) Quarterly Summary |
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"John
Kerry's Saudi Sucker Punch," by Ashraf Fahim |
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"The
Crisis Within," by Thomas W. Lippman |
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U.S.
Advice to American Citizens in Saudi Arabia |
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Terrorism
Updates |
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"Threats
to U.S.-Saudi Ties," by Dr. James J. Zogby |
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"Dad
Loved Saudi Arabia and Its People: Frank Floyd Jr.,"
by Barbara Ferguson |
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"Homemade
Oil Crisis
," by David Ignatius |
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"Remembering
President Ronald Reagan and the U.S.-Saudi
Relationship" |
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"The
Attack in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia: Reflections on
'Tolerance,'" by John Duke Anthony |
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"Prince
of a Guy or Al-Qaida Spy?" by John Eisenberg |
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"A
Diplomat's Call for War," by Prince Bandar bin Sultan
bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud |
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Joint
U.S. and Saudi Action in the Financial War on Terror --
Remarks of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Juan Zarate |
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Economic
Reform in Saudi Arabia -- Summary of Remarks by Usamah
Al-Kurdi |
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"Novak:
Bandar, Bush and 'Plan of Attack,'" by Robert Novak |
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"Who
Authorized the Flights? Clarke claims responsibility,"
by Alexander Bolton |
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"U.S.
Group Gets Positive View of Kingdom,"
by Roger Harrison |
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Attack
in Khobar - Special Report |
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"Saudi
Arabia's Oil Reserves," by Dr. Sadad Al-Husseini |
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"Fatal
Friendship," by Patrick J. Buchanan |
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"Saudis
Out to Help the U.S., Not Push for Bush Re-election,"
by Frank Richter |
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U.S.-Saudi
Relations and Global Energy Security -- Part 3 -- Guy
Caruso |
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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 Amb. Richard
W. Murphy |
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An
Essay from SAF
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 Saudi
Arabia: Driving Michigan Export Growth
By Grant F.
Smith
"Total
U.S. assembled auto and light passenger vehicle
exports have only grown 6.6 percent per year
between 1999 and 2003.
However, U.S. auto exports to Saudi
Arabia have grown on average 25 percent per year
over the same period.
The state of Michigan is the leading U.S.
supplier of manufactured transportation
equipment to Saudi Arabia.."
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 Saudis
Fight Militancy With Jobs
Private
Posts Formerly Held by Foreigners Are
Offered to Locals
By
Scott Wilson
"The
government of Saudi Arabia is drawing
on a multibillion-dollar oil windfall
to place hundreds of thousands of
young Saudis in jobs traditionally
held by foreigners, betting that
greater economic opportunities in the
kingdom will counter the rising
Islamic militancy challenging the
royal family.."
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An
Item of Interest from SUSRIS
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 Foreign
Investment In Saudi Arabia's Energy
Sector
By Gawdat Bahgat
"The
kingdom's adherence to the
state-control policy of its energy
sector came into question in September
1998 when Crown Prince 'Abd Allah ibn
'Abd al-'Aziz met in Washington with
senior executives from seven American
oil companies.1 He said the
Saudi government wanted to join them
in a new, strategic energy
partnership. To understand this change
in Riyadh's energy policy, the
following questions will be addressed:
What were the Saudi motives for
inviting international oil companies
(IOCs) back into their energy sector?
What were the main characteristics of
the Saudi Gas Initiative (SGI)? And,
what was the outcome of this
development?"
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near, Saudis push to
modernize
By Charles A. Radin, Globe
Staff
"Even as Saudi Arabia
struggles internally with
violent extremists and
externally with its image
as the country that
produced most of the
attackers of Sept. 11,
2001, the desert kingdom's
rulers are moving on
multiple fronts to
modernize and moderate
their nation.
Partial local elections
are scheduled, starting in
October, for the first
time in the kingdom's
history. A series of
highly publicized national
dialogues is opening
public discussion on
religious and social
topics, ranging from the
sensitive to the
previously taboo.
Women are increasingly
outspoken in asserting
their rights to
participate in society,
both economically and
politically. And the
rigid religious hierarchy
that a few years ago was
sending morality police
into the streets to
enforce an extremely
strict version of Islam is
seeing its powers
erode.." Complete
report..
Budget
Surplus to Be Used to Pay
Off Public Debt: Assaf
By P.K.
Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
"Saudi Arabia
will use this year's budget
surplus to repay some of its
public debt estimated at
SR660 billion ($176
billion), it was announced
here yesterday [August
29].." Complete
report..
Saudi
Aramco Launches New
Initiative for Saudization
Arab News
"Saudization efforts
have taken an important step
forward through a new
initiative by Saudi Aramco
to partner with vocational
and industrial colleges and
private-sector institutes in
the Kingdom.." Complete
report..
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On
the Bookshelf
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 Through
the Lion Gate: An American Woman
Challenges the Traditions of a
Veiled Society and Discovers a
Daughter
by Eleanor
Nicholson
Book
Description
An
American woman gives up her job at
Paramount Pictures, Inc. Hollywood,
California and follows her husband
to the oil fields of Saudi Arabia,
an underdeveloped country of the
nineteen fifties. She lives in a
fenced in compound, isolated from
the veiled and shrouded local women.
Her open face and twentieth century
manners disturb the simplicity of
village life, and the black robed
figures run from her. She determines
to find a place for herself in this
closed society. Thus she challenges
the tabus, Oil Company directives,
religious zealots, armed soldiers
and guards of the Royal Hareem.
Under a veil of secrecy, she becomes
friends with the family of the
Governor of the Eastern Province,
first cousins of the King. One day a
Princess tells her : "There is
a Prince who wants to marry your
daughter." Was this the
crowning glory of success, or had
she dug herself too deeply into a
society she could not accept as her
own.
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subscribers but does not necessarily
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From
the History of U.S.-Saudi Relations
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 Secretary
Powell Commends Saudi Arabia's Efforts
in Fighting Terrorists
August
16, 2004
[The
following is an excerpt from Secretary
Powell's address upon receiving the
Dwight David Eisenhower Distinguished
Service Award and Citation.]
Colin
L. Powell, U.S. Secretary of State: Together
with nations on every continent, we
and our partners are bringing to bear
every tool of statecraft against the
terrorists and their networks.
We are using diplomatic tools,
intelligence and law enforcement
tools, financial instruments, and yes,
when necessary, military force.
As a result, since September 11th,
2001, more than two-thirds of
al-Qaida's top leadership have been
killed or captured. More than
3,000 al-Qaida criminals have been
detained in over 100 countries.
Terrorist cells have been wrapped up
in Singapore, in Italy, right here in
the United States. The Saudis
are going after them with vigor and
are more successful with each passing
day.
It is becoming harder and harder for
terrorists to support and finance
their operations, to move about
freely, to find sanctuary, to
communicate, to plot and to acquire
deadly weapons. And as a
result of these efforts and terrorist
attacks that did not take place,
because of these efforts, countless
lives have been saved.
Click
here to read a complete
transcript of Secretary Powell's
remarks.
Source:
U.S.
State Department
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About
the Saudi-US Relations Information Service
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The Saudi-US
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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
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to educate Americans about Arab countries, the
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