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December 10, 2007
| Authors: | Max Boot, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies Lee S. Wolosky |
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Article
Weekly Standard
Max Boot and Lee Wolosky write that “traveling to the Middle East can be a disconcerting experience. One day you feel as if you're journeying into the future, the next day into the past.”
See more in Middle East, Business & Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets
October 27, 2007
Essential Documents
Speech
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Diplomacy
September 14, 2007
| Authors: | Christopher M. Blanchard Alfred B. Prados |
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Must Read
This CRS report for Congress reviews allegations of Saudi involvement in terrorist financing together with Saudi rebuttals, discusses the question of Saudi support for Palestinian organizations and religious charities and schools abroad, discusses recent steps taken by Saudi Arabia to counter terrorist financing (many in conjunction with the United States), and suggests some implications of recent Saudi actions for the war on terrorism.
See more in United States, Terrorism, Terrorist Financing
August 7, 2007
Daily Analysis
A proposed sale of $20 billion in weaponry to Saudi Arabia inspires opposition in Congress but highlights the Bush administration’s determination to contain Iran.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Defense Strategy
August 6, 2007
F. Gregory Gause III, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
Interview
F. Gregory Gause, a leading Saudi Arabia expert, says the U.S. plan to sell some $20 billion in sophisticated military hardware to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states is part of a concerted effort in Washington to get the Saudis to ease their hard line toward the Iraqi government.
See more in Middle East, Arms Trade, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 20, 2007
| Author: | Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Article
American Prospect
See more in United States, Democracy Promotion
March 16, 2007
| Interview by: | Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor |
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Interview
F. Gregory Gause III, a leading Saudi Arabia expert, says the intensified Saudi diplomacy of recent weeks has been largely aimed at containing Iranian influence in the Middle East.
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Updated: March 16, 2007
Daily Analysis
Saudi Arabia is asserting itself in the Middle East peace process with a watchful eye on Iran, the war in Iraq, and sustaining U.S. support.
See more in Iran, Conflict Assessment
January 17, 2007
| Author: | Vali R. Nasr, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies |
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Testimony
See more in Middle East, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Religion, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Grand Strategy
January 12, 2007
| Authors: | Christopher M. Blanchard Kenneth Katzman Carol Migdalovitz Alfred B. Prados Jeremy M. Sharp |
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Must Read
Congressional Research Service report that provides information about the current perspectives and policies of Iraq’s neighbors; analyzes potential regional responses to continued insurgency, wider sectarian or ethnic violence, and long-term stabilization; discusses shared concerns and U.S. long-term regional interests; and reviews U.S. policy options for responding to various contingencies.
See more in Turkey, Egypt, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Terrorism, U.S. Strategy and Politics, Congress
“From the perspective of both countries, the status quo is clearly unsustainable,” argues Rachel Bronson in Thicker Than Oil, the first full history of the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
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U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
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In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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