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Report: Threats to the Saudi Oil Infrastructure
Contact: Andrew Bond (202) 466-9500
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Washington DC -- The Institute for Gulf Affairs today released an in-depth comprehensive report on the security risks and potential threats facing Saudi Arabia’s oil…
New Map Depicts Human Trafficking Cases By the Saudi Ruling Family
12 September, 2013
By Anabelle Suitor
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- the Gulf Institute has created a map of Saudi human trafficking cases and violations. The map is available at https://crowdmap.com/map/saudihumantrafficking/ depicting recent…
The Israeli Mistress and the Saudis
4 November 2013
By Daniel Morillo
Washington DC- A quiet partnership is emerging in the Middle East that has the potential to alter the future of the region if their mistress-like relationship goes public. Israel and Saudi Arabia who…
Strategic Tantrum: Saudi Arabia’s Shifting Foreign Policy
November 4, 2013
By Burgan Hobbs
Washington DC -- When Saudi Arabia refused to take a seat on the UN Security Council we reported that it little to do with actual Saudi grievances vis-à-vis the UN and more likely indicated a shift in…
Africa and Yemen, the Next Frontline in the War on Terror
By Daniel Morillo
14 October 2013
Washington DC- Al Shabaab and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are separated by the narrow Mandeb Strait dividing Horn of Africa and Yemen. Though both are endorsed and supported by a weakened Al…
Amidst upheaval, a land of opportunity: Saudi Arabia makes its move
Over the past three years, the Arab uprisings have sown a land of feast and famine in the Middle East.· Across the region, the downfall of old regimes and power structures has unhinged traditional geopolitical relationships and has allowed…
Conference: Saudi Arabia: Energy Security and Regional Uncertainty
Saudi Arabia: Energy Security and Regional Uncertainty
Conference featuring Matar Matar Bahraini Member of Parliament
and
Dr. W’Sam AlShammari
Representative of the Constitutional Movement in Saudi Arabia
and
Harun Ahmed Defected…
Obama’s Saudi Friends Should Alarm Americans
Washington DC -- Ahmed Matar must be rolling in his grave. The 17 year-old high school student was killed December 27th by Saudi Special Forces while attending a pro-democracy rally in the Eastern Province city of Qatif to demand freedom…
Saudi Mufti on Democracy and Twitter
November 13, 2012
By Benjamin Wurtzel
Try to imagine an Italy where the Pope and his Vatican state are not merely tenants of Rome, but are the spiritual guidance of the entire Italian nation. The pope issues decrees and makes…
Survey of Shia Life in Saudi Arabia
Washington, DC- The Institute for Gulf Affairs released a special report on Sunday, October 28. On Being Shiite in Saudi Arabia will offer a rare glimpse into the lives of Shia Muslims living in Saudi Arabia.
This special report, the…