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| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Vision or Mirage David Rundell, 2020-09-17 'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central Command and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency 'Destined to be the best single volume on the Kingdom.' Ambassador Chas Freeman, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Assistant Secretary of Defense 'Should be prescribed reading for a new generation of political leaders.' Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of H.M. Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi Arabia or merely a mirage likely to dissolve into Iranian-style revolution? David Rundell - one of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia - explains how the country has been stable for so long, why it is less so today, and what is most likely to happen in the future. The book is based on the author's close contacts and intimate knowledge of the country where he spent 15 years living and working as a diplomat. Vision or Mirage demystifies one of the most powerful, but least understood, states in the Middle East and is essential reading for anyone interested in the power dynamics and politics of the Arab World. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Inside the Kingdom Robert Lacey, 2009-10-15 It's all here-Islam, the family tree, a sea of oil and money to match, palace intrigue...This is high drama and an epic tale. -Tom Brokaw Though Saudi Arabia sits on one of the richest oil deposits in the world, it also produced fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. In this immensely important book, journalist Robert Lacey draws on years of access to every circle of Saudi society giving readers the fullest portrait yet of a land straddling the worlds of medievalism and modernity. Moving from the bloody seizure of Mecca's Grand Mosque in 1979, through the Persian Gulf War, to the delicate U.S.-Saudi relations in a post 9/11 world, Inside the Kingdom brings recent history to vivid life and offers a powerful story of a country learning how not to be at war with itself. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Proceedings Of The Eighth Saudi Students Conference In The Uk Neil Alford, Jean Frechet, 2015-12-15 Included in this proceedings is a selection of peer-reviewed scholarly papers by Saudi postgraduate researchers who presented their work at a student conference held in London at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre from January 31 to February 1, 2015. The volume covers topics from fields in the humanities, social sciences and natural and applied sciences. Appealing to both specialists and non-specialists, the topics addressed by the students reflect advances in knowledge, research trends, and scholarly debates across the academic spectrum.This cross-disciplinary conference was organised by the Scientific Society for Saudi Students in the UK with support from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in London, Imperial College London and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.KAUST is committed to the development of a knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia. Under the leadership of founding Vice President, Dr Najah Ashry, KAUST's Saudi Initiatives organization invests in the Nation's brightest young minds to ensure a strong and prosperous future. Through a variety of targeted programs and special projects, such as this year's Conference, Saudi Initiatives identifies, nurtures, and supports talented young Saudis for KAUST and for Saudi Arabia. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia 1975 - 2020 Anthony Axon, Susan Hewitt, 2022-03-16 The fifth in the CAIW series, this title reflects 50 years of experience of Cambridge (UK)-based World of Information, which since 1975 has followed the region’s politics and economics. In the period following the Second World War, Saudi Arabia – a curious fusion of medieval theocracy, unruly dictatorship and extrovert wealth - has been called a country of ‘superlatives.’ The modernisation of the Kingdom’s oil industry has been a smooth process: its oilfields are highly sophisticated. However, social modernisation has not kept pace. ‘Reform’, long a preoccupation among the Peninsula’s leaders does not necessarily go hand in hand with religion. |
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| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The House of Saud in Commerce Sharaf Sabri, 2001 In the evolutionary process of Saudi Arabia, the period beginning with the seventies marked by the 'oil revolution' can be described as the turning point. With this began a phase of consolidation and institutionalisation of the royal government. One important development having bearing on its nation building project has been the participation of the Royal Family members in economic activities of the country. Since the seventies, over the last three decades, it is clearly visible that the engagement of the Saudi Royal Family in economy and business has grown not only in volume but in form also. This study has attemped to look at the sprawling business activities of the Royal Family members, not merely as a profile but relate it to the evolutionary context. The first major study that examines the gradual process of emerging entrepreneurship in the Saudi Royal Family. It highlights the role of the royal entrepreneurs in the development of the Saudi private sector. The study shows that their investments have created a positive climate for the growth of entrepreneurship, especially productive entrepreneurship, on the Saudi business scene. An indispensable store-house of detailed account of the investments made by more that 600 royal members, including princesses in 1050 Saudi companies. Supported with 28 pages of index and 14 tables, this data-packed book is a bonanza for businessmen, diplomats, laymen, and all those interested in Saudi Arabia and its Royal Family. A must-have book that contains biographical and kinship details of the Aal Saud. The book is one of its kind and is fully based on firsthand local sources. Apart from numerous published sources in Arabic, the official gazette of the government of Saudi Arabis, Umm Al-Qura, has been extensively consulted. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Oil Booms and Business Busts Nimah Mazaheri, 2016-05-02 Oil Booms and Business Busts looks at how government policymaking shapes a puzzling phenomenon in economic development--the curse of natural resources. It investigates how oil and mineral wealth shapes a government's policies toward the business environment, entrepreneurs, and innovative activities. Other similar work either ignores the role of government policymaking in oil wealth, treats it as another effect of the rentier state, or dismisses it as illogical and incoherent. One might expect that in light of such abundances governments would encourage entrepreneurship and new businesses to compete and grow in the market, but Nimah Mazaheri shows that resource wealth instead incentivizes policymakers to focus on satisfying the interests of existing elites. They, more than oil-poor nations, institute barriers that impede the activities of domestic firms and entrepreneurs, with the result being unimpressive economic performance over the past half-century. This is the first book to examine how oil wealth affects non-elite actors who own the small and medium-sized firms that absorb a majority of the economic and labor force of these countries. Looking at two of the most important oil-producing countries in the world, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the book provides an original theory about the factors that shape a logic of policymaking in oil producing states. To extend his theory Mazaheri also looks at India, which is one of the world's main coal producers. He does this to show the effects of the gain and loss of a massive resource windfall on state policymaking toward the private sector. Ultimately Mazaheri argues that such policymaking impedes the development of a middle class and therefore democratization--a factor that can have overarching political repercussions for governmental stability. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Bombers, Hijackers, Body Scanners, and Jihadists Billie H. Vincent, 2012-11 In the timeline relevant to Billie H. Vincent’s watch, terrorist attacks against world aviation are on the rise. Vincent weaves his plot with the motives of these radicals, their causes, and the religious biases for extremist Islamic Jihadist attacks on a global scale to his protagonist’s story. Billie has his hands full dealing with these threats and helping out other nations in their aviation security efforts. The threats and attacks, in actual terms, have left a permanent impact on Western society and aviation in particular. Vincent knows all the ins and outs of the business. His book is replete with all the hardcore technology that are an aficionado’s dream, the LED monitors light up the twilight world of the first line of defense for all airline passengers against all who might threaten the security of airports and airlines. Billie and an international company of aviation security experts come up against the attempted bombing of an international Pan-American Airlines flight to Rio de Janerio. Over the previous two weeks they had been investigating a bomb that exploded on a flight out of Tokyo’s Narita airport that killed a Japanese youth going to a vacation in Hawaii. Vincent faces a new generation of terrorists of the era – bombs sneaked in a variety of ingenious ways into the planes and terminals abound in this dangerous world. Will he and his elite profession of dedicated men and women be able to stand up against all aviation security threats? The answer is, they will have to because the lives of innocents are at stake. Billie shows readers exactly how in this gripping Bombers, Hijackers, Body Scanners, And Jihadists. |
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| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia Peter W. Wilson, 1994-07-20 Drawing on personal experiences, hundreds of interviews, and unpublished primary sources, veteran journalists Peter Wilson and Douglas Graham examine the challenges confronting the House of Saud in the wake of the war in the Persian Gulf. Among the provocative topics discussed are: Saudi Arabia's growing indebtedness, and the government's inability to balance its budget; the reasons why the kingdom's armed forces were unable to defend the country despite hundreds of billions of dollars in arms spending; the country's worsening unemployment problem; the growing strength of Saudi Arabia's fundamentalists, who possibly could topple the regime. Saudi Arabia is essential reading for scholars and students of the Middle East, Islamic culture, and international affairs. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Succession In Saudi Arabia J. Kechichian, 2001-08-02 The stability of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains critical to Western security and economic interests. This crucial study focuses on generation change and identifies individuals with greatest leadership potential; examines their political, social, and religious views. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: New Girl Perdita Cargill, Honor Cargill, 2025-05-28 When ordinary girl Bea Black moves to Little Spellshire with her dad, he accidentally enrolls her in the local witch school. What could possibly go wrong? Bea Black has just moved to Little Spellshire with her dad, who accidentally enrolls her in the local witch school. Bea (who is very much NOT a witch) has to tackle complicated classes like potions and levitation, take care of the class frog, and most importantly of all, figure out how to keep her magic a secret from her dad and her best friend! Features black-and-white illustrations throughout. Told through Bea's diary entries, the Diary of an Accidental Witch series invites readers to follow Bea on a humorous journey of self-discovery as she learns where she truly belongs. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Contemporary Issues in Islam Asma Afsaruddin, 2015-08-31 This book deals with certain "e;hot-button"e; contemporary issues in Islam, including the Shari'a, jihad, the caliphate, women's status, and interfaith relations. Notably, it places the discussion of these topics within a longer historical framework in order |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The Gulf Directory , 2009 |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The Messenger Daniel Silva, 2006-07-25 On the trail of a deadly al-Qaeda operative, Gabriel Allon returns in a spellbinding story of deception, power, and revenge by the #1 New York Times bestselling world-class practitioner of spy fiction (Washington Post). Gabriel Allon—art restorer and spy—is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer—photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, aimed straight at the heart of the Vatican. Allon and his colleagues soon find themselves in a deadly duel of wits against one of the most dangerous men in the world—a hunt that will take them across Europe to the Caribbean and back. But for them, there may not be enough of anything: enough time, enough facts, enough luck. All Allon can do is set his trap—and hope that he is not the one caught in it. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: ملوك وأتباع سعود بن عبد الرحمن السبعاني, كتاب ملوك وأتباع للكاتب والمؤرخ المغترب سعود بن عبد الرحمن هو كتاب توثيقي يتناول بالرصد والتحليل حياة وسيرة ومواقف وقرارات الملك السعودي الحالي عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود يقول المؤلف في مقدمة الكتاب: (هذا الكتاب التوثيقي والمتواضع عن سيرة ومسيرة الملك السعودي الحالي عبد الله بن عبد العزيز، جمعتُ فيه العديد من مقالاتي السابقة عن كوارث النظام السعودي المُستبد، وخصوصاً تلك التي رصدتُ فيها شخصية وتصرفات الملك عبد الله، سواء كانت تلك المقالات القديمة التي كتبتها عندما كان ولياً للعهد، أو تلك المقالات الأخيرة التي سطرتها فيما بعد، وذلك عندما أصبح «أبو عابد» ملكاً. وقد يؤاخذني بعض القراء وربما يعترض عليَّ بعض الأتباع المُستفيدين من عطايا وشرهات آل سعود على بعض الكلمات الساخرة التي سترد في فحوى الكتاب وربما يعتبرونها قاسية بعض الشيء وفجة بحق ولي أمرهم عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود، ولكنني أعتقد أن تلك الصفات والنعوت هنا هي مُبررة وحقة، وهي أقل ما يمكن أن يُوصف به ملكٌ يستمد شرعيته في أحقية العرش وشرعية أسرته في الحكم من لدن الخواجات سواء في لندن أو واشنطن، وأما شرعية أبناء الشعب المغلوبين على أمرهم، فهم بحكم الأسرى والمُختطفين من قبل أزلام النظام وعليه فهم مُرغمين على السمع والطاعة في رحاب ذلك السجن السعودي الكبير المُسمى بالمزرعة السعودية، ولا يمكن أن تُستمد الشرعية أو الأحقية بالحكم أو تؤخذ البيعة الشرعية من قبل رهائن ومُعتقلين قسراً وهم بحكم الأسرى. وسأحاول جاهداً في هذا الكتاب الوثائقي المتواضع سرد النزر اليَسير من سيرة وحياة عبد الله بن عبد العزيز آل سعود الشخصية، وكذلك ذكر مواقفه ووقفاته، وسأسرد الأحداث العِظام التي حصلت في عهده. كما سأروي علاقاته وصداقاته الحميمة الخاصة مع بعض رفاق دربه المُقربين منه ومع مُستشاريه الخاصين، وسأذكر نبذة مُختصرة عن زوجاته وكذلك أبنائه. وسأحاول قدر المُستطاع الكتابة بلغة وسطية مُبسطة مفهومة للقارئ وأسلوب سلس ولين للجميع بعيداً عن اللغة الخشبية والأسلوب الأدبي الصارم والمُعقد والمنمق، حتى أسهل العملية على القراء وأمهد لهم الطريق لإتمام الكتاب كاملاً بعيداً عن عوامل الملل والتعقيد، خاصةً أنني أستهدف من وراء هذا الكتاب هي تلك الشرائح المُضللة من أبناء الشعب المغبون في بلاد الحرمين الشريفين، والمخدوعين من بعض الأخوة العرب، والذين لا يعرفون شيئاً عن الوضع الداخلي لأبناء الحرمين الشريفين، وكل ما يعرفونه هو أن السعودية بلد غني وتمتلك أكبر احتياطي للبترول في العالم، وأن الشعب مرفه وكل مواطن منهم يملك الملايين في حساباته البنكية، وأن آل سعود هم حُماة الدين والعقيدة، وهم خُدَّام للحرمين، حيث انطلت عليهم الدعاية السعودية المبتذلة، مع أن أغلبهم يُصدم حينما يرى الأوضاع الداخلية في السعودية حينما يأتي لأداء مناسك الحج أو العمرة. فأتمنى من الله أن يُلهمني الصواب وأن يكون كتابي المتواضع هذا فيه إفادة وتوضيح وكشف للحقائق لكل من يجهل الأوضاع، وأرجو أن يجد القارئ فيه ولو فائدة بسيطة أو معلومة قد تقدح وتحرك الأفكار الراكدة، فتتضح الأمور وتزال الغُمة ). الكتاب يقع في 768 صفحة من القطع الكبير، ويتضمن تسعة فصول رئيسة، بالإضافة إلى المقدمة والتمهيد والخاتمة وملاحق الصور. • الأصل والفصل : فتش عن أصابع الخواجات • عصر الأكاذيب : تلخيص لحكم الملك • تقديس الأموال وعبادة الدولار • مُركبات النقص لدى الحكام المُنتقصين • فضائح وطوام مملكة أحفاد مردخان • أكاذيب وهرطقات ملك ! • اختطاف البلد والسطو على الدين • شالوم سعودي مربع! • عروش الإرث الإنجليزي أوشكت على الزوال • وللنساء نصيبٌ في الحكم |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Records of Kuwait, 1966-1971: 1968 Anita L. P. Burdett, 2003 |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: 여자 전쟁 수 로이드 로버츠, 2019-03-08 영국 최고 여성 언론인의 세계 여성인권 르포르타주 전 세계 19개국, 30년의 취재 기록을 바탕으로 한 생생하고 성실한 여성인권 실태 기록! 《여자 전쟁》은 영국 BBC 최고의 언론인 중 한 명인 수 로이드 로버츠의 유일한 단독 저서이다. 수 로이드 로버츠는 영국 왕실이나 꽃박람회가 주요 취재 대상이었던 여성 기자의 취재 영역을 깨고 구소련과 전 세계 험지를 작은 카메라와 함께 누비며 잠입취재와 위장취재에 성공한 BBC 대표 비디오저널리스트이다. ‘답 없는 문제 전문 기자’ 같은 별명처럼 끈질기고 집요하게 문제를 파고들며 취재했고, 특히 인권과 여성 문제 보도를 사명으로 생각했다. 수 로이드 로버츠는 세계 여성의 날에 맞춰 이 책을 출간하려고 했으나 안타깝게도 집필 중이었던 2015년 10월 백혈병으로 세상을 떠났고, 그로부터 3년 뒤인 세계 여성의 날, 마침내 우리나라에서 출간된다. 이 책 《여자 전쟁》은 여성인권 르포르타주의 교과서라고 할 수 있을 만큼 생생하며 성실하다. 성기 절제를 강요받는 여자들, 딸과 아들을 잃고 국가권력과 맞서는 여자들, 낙인찍힌 채 착취당하는 여자들, 선택의 자유 없이 갇혀버린 여자들, 부당한 임금차별을 겪는 여자들에 관한 이야기다. 그러나 이 책은 동시에 이러한 여성혐오에 용감하게 맞선, 그리고 마침내 살아남은 여자들의 이야기이기도 하다. 수 로이드 로버츠의 열정과 취재 노하우가 시너지를 일으키며 때로 너무 참혹한 현실에 차마 책장을 넘기지 못할 만큼 고통스럽기도 하지만, 자료로도 가치가 있는 당사자들의 인터뷰 담겨 있어 더욱 선명하고 현장감 넘치게 전해진다. 먼 나라 이야기라고 생각할 수도 있지만, 여자를 착취하는 방식의 유사성, 곳곳에서 갑자기 튀어나오는 여자라면 한번쯤 들었을 말들이, 또 우리가 겪었던 역사와 유사한 폭력들이 폐부를 찌른다. 하지만 이 책이 처참한 현실과 절망만을 이야기하고 있지는 않다. 잔혹한 세상에 맞서 용감하고 명징하게 소리치는 용감한 여자들의 이야기에서, 그리고 그사이 조금씩 변화하고 있는 사회의 모습에서 큰 위안과 용기를 얻으며 우리 앞에 놓인 과제에 답을 찾을 수도 있을 것이다. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Regime Stability in Saudi Arabia Stig Stenslie, 2012-08-21 This book examines the structure of political power amongst elites inside Saudi Arabia and how they might cope with the very serious challenge posed by succession. Presenting a new and refreshing theoretical approach that links elite integration with regime stability, the author shows that the kingdom’s royal elite is far more integrated than it has generally been given credit for. Based on extensive field work inside Saudi Arabia, the book offers a detailed, up-to-date survey and assessment of all the key sectors of the elites in the country. The author examines how the succession process has been used in highly different circumstances - including deposition, assassination, and death by old age - and demonstrates how regime stability in Saudi Arabia rests on the royal family’s ability to unite and to solve the challenge of succession. He offers a strong analysis of intra-ruling family mechanisms and dynamics in this notoriously private royal family, and addresses the question of whether, as the number of royals rapidly grows, the elite is able to remain integrated. Providing a rare insight into the issues facing the royal family and ruling elite in Saudi Arabia, this book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Middle Eastern politics, and Saudi Arabia in particular. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Arabian Construction , 1985 |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 Publitec Publications, 2011-12-22 Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008 compiles information on the most notable individuals in the Arab world. Additionally, the title provides insight into the historical background and the present of this influential and often volatile region. Part I sets out precise biographical details on some 6,000 eminent individuals who influence every sphere of public life in politics, culture and society. Part II surveys the 19 Arab Countries, providing detailed information on the geography, history, constitution, economy and culture of the individual countries. Part III provides information on the historical background of the Arab world. Indexes by country and profession supplement the biographical section. A select bibliography of secondary literature on the Middle East is also included. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Babylon Sandy Mitchell, Mark Hollingsworth, 2005 When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity. Instead he spent two and half years in jail where he was repeatedly tortured. After continuous beatings, Mitchell was forced to sign a confession & admit his guilt on Saudi television. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The Banker , 1981 |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia Winberg Chai, 2006-09-22 The book's editor, political scientist Dr. Winberg Chai, provides in his introduction a concise overview of this largely unknown kingdom from its geography and history to its contemporary role in the war on terrorism. Saudi Arabia: A Modern Reader provides readers enough historical data and contemporary information about the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to understand their role in the Middle East and to form their own opinions about its present and future relationship to the United States. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Business Japan , 1984-07 |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Worldwide Government Directory With International Organizations 2006 CQ Press, 2006-03-01 When you need to communicate with top-level government officials anywhere in the world, there is no substitute for the Worldwide Government Directory. In just 16 years, this reference has become a standard authority for organizations that contact officials in foreign governments: businesses, financial and banking institutions, attorneys, government offices, research libraries and news-gathering organizations. Here's what you'll find: More than 1,400 pages with over 32, officials in 199 countries Entries that provide name, title, address, telephone, telex and facsimile numbers Hierarchical arrangement that defines state structures Coverage of executive, legislative and judicial branches Heads of state, ministers, deputies, secretaries and spokespersons State agencies and state-owned corporations Diplomatic and senior level defense officials More than 100 international organizations with top-level officials Maj branches of the defense forces And much more |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia Enters the Twenty-first Century: The military and international security dimensions Anthony H. Cordesman, 2003 With the continuing importance of Saudi Arabia in regional and world politics, the current and future effectiveness of the Saudi military carries increased significance. Despite recent strains in relations with the U.S., particularly in light of the role Saudis played in the events of September 11, 2001, the Kingdom remains America's key Arab ally. Cordesman studies the challenges faced by the Saudis from both their allies and their potential enemies to assess Saudi Arabia's ability to forge a better approach to collective security in the Gulf and to create more stable long-term security arrangements with the U.S. and other Western Powers. This assessment of Saudi Arabia's strategic position includes a full-scale analysis of Saudi military forces, defense expenditures, arms imports, military modernization, readiness and war fighting capability. It examines both the cooperation and tension with other Southern Gulf States. It explores the implications of the conventional military build-up and creeping proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the Gulf and the resulting changes in Saudi Arabia's security position. All of these factors have critical implications for stability within the Kingdom, within the Gulf, as well as in the broader global context. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia and Iran Banafsheh Keynoush, 2016-04-08 The mesmerizing story of two countries caught in history whose rivalry can destroy the world or restore its peace, this is the first book to untangle the complex relationship of Saudi Arabia and Iran by rejecting heated rhetoric and looking at the real roots of the issue to promise pathways to peace. |
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| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Worthy Fights Leon Panetta, Jim Newton, 2015-09-15 Leon Panetta has had two of the most consequential careers of any American public servant in the past fifty years. His first, beginning as an army intelligence officer and including a run as one of Congress's most powerful and respected members, lasted 35 years and culminated in his role as Clinton's budget czar and White House chief of staff. He then 'retired' to establish the Panetta Institute,to serve on the Iraq Study Group; and to protect the California coast. In 2009 he accepted what many said was a thankless task: returning to public office as the director of the CIA. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East F Gregory Gause, III, 2014-05-14 The United States'' relationship with Saudi Arabia has been one of the cornerstones of U.S. policy in the Middle East for decades. Despite their substantial differences in history, culture, and governance, the two countries have generally agreed on important political and economic issues and have often relied on each other to secure mutual aims. The 1990-91 Gulf War is perhaps the most obvious example, but their ongoing cooperation on maintaining regional stability, moderating the global oil market, and pursuing terrorists should not be downplayed. Yet for all the relationship''s importance, it is increasingly imperiled by mistrust and misunderstanding. One major question is Saudi Arabia''s stability. In this Council Special Report, sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, F. Gregory Gause III first explores the foundations of Riyadh''s present stability and potential sources of future unrest. It is difficult not to notice that Saudi Arabia avoided significant upheaval during the political uprisings that swept the Middle East in 2011, despite sharing many of the social and economic problems of Egypt, Yemen, and Libya. But unlike their counterparts in Cairo, Sanaa, and Tripoli, Riyadh''s leadership was able to maintain order in large part by increasing public spending on housing and salaries, relying on loyal and well-equipped security forces, and utilizing its extensive patronage networks. The divisions within the political opposition also helped the government''s cause. This is not to say that Gause believes that the stability of the House of Saud is assured. He points out that the top heirs to the throne are elderly and the potential for disorderly squabbling may increase as a new generation enters the line of succession. Moreover, the population is growing quickly, and there is little reason to believe that oil will forever be able to buy social tranquility. Perhaps most important, Gause argues, the leadership''s response to the 2011 uprisings did little to forestall future crises; an opportunity for manageable political reform was mostly lost. Turning to the regional situation, Gause finds it no less complex. Saudi Arabia has wielded considerable influence with its neighbors through its vast oil reserves, its quiet financial and political support for allies, and the ideological influence of salafism, the austere interpretation of Islam that is perhaps Riyadh''s most controversial export. For all its wealth and religious influence, however, Saudi Arabia''s recent record has been less than successful. It was unable to counter Iranian influence in post-Saddam Iraq, it could not prevent Hezbollah taking power in Lebanon, and its ongoing efforts to reconcile Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have come to naught. The U.S.-Saudi relationship has, unsurprisingly, been affected by these and other challenges, including Saudi unhappiness with Washington''s decision to distance itself from Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the lack of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Iran. For its part, the United States is unhappy with the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and Saudi support for radical Islamists around the region and the world. The two traditional anchors of the U.S.-Saudi relationship-the Cold War and U.S. operation of Riyadh''s oil fields-are, Gause notes, no longer factors. It is no wonder, he contends, that the relationship is strained when problems are myriad and the old foundations of the informal alliance are gone. It would be far better, Gause argues, to acknowledge that the two countries can no longer expect to act in close concert under such conditions. He recommends that the United States reimagine the relationship as simply transactional, based on cooperation when interests-rather than habit-dictate. Prioritizing those interests will therefore be critical. Rather than pressuring Riyadh for domestic political reform, or asking it to reduce global oil prices, Gause recommends that the United States spend its political capital where it really matters: on maintaining regional security, dismantling terrorist networks, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. There have been few relationships more important to the United States than that with Saudi Arabia, and it is vital that, as it enters a new phase, the expectations and priorities of both countries are clear. In Saudi Arabia in the New Middle East, Gause effectively assesses the challenges and opportunities facing Saudi Arabia and makes a compelling argument for a more modest, businesslike relationship between Washington and Riyadh that better reflects modern realities. As the United States begins reassessing its commitments in the Greater Middle East, this report offers a clear vision for a more limited-but perhaps more appropriate and sustainable-future partnership. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The New Arabs Juan Cole, 2014-07 For three decades, Cole has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. In The New Arabs he outlines the history that led to the dramatic changes in the region, and explores how a new generation of men and women are using innovative notions of personal rights to challenge the authoritarianism, corruption, and stagnation that had afflicted their societies.--Provided by publisher. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Body Cavity Bombers: the New Martyrs Christopher Flaherty, Robert J. Bunker, 2013-08-23 authoritative account of a significant new terrorist tactic that is likely to become more pervasive in our increasingly sophisticated technological and medical age in which it is becoming easier for the terrorist adversary to use the types of body cavity bombs that will be capable of evading detection technologies ... Dr. Joshua Sinai, Washington, DC-based consultant on counterterrorism studies and author of Active Shooter: A Handbook on Prevention. Body Cavity Bombers shows how what was once a lurid Hollywood fantasy has emerged as a legitimate threat, dissects the risk with clinical precision, and soberly considers the remediation options. Dr. Nils Gilman, Director of Research at Monitor 360 and co-editor of Deviant Globalization. A timely and important book about a disgusting subject. In showing how the human body might be used to carry and conceal explosive devices, terrorism experts Bunker and Flaherty have left no stone unturned. Dr. Martin van Creveld, one of the worlds leading writers on military history and strategy, with a special interest in the future of war, and author of twenty books including The Transformation of War. Those in the front line of identifying and taking necessary action to counter these new techniques of destruction would be well advised to read Dr. Bunker and Dr. Flahertys realistic assessment. Dr. Stephen Sloan, internationally recognized terrorism scholar and author/co-author of fourteen books on terrorism. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: The Darker Nationsa Biography Of The Short-Lived Third World Vijay Prashad, 2007 The Third World was not a place, argues Vijay Prashad. It was a project. This book is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement the idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the attempt to knit together the world s impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II, as nation after nation across Asia, Africa and South America gained political independence from colonial rule.Traversing continents, Vijay Prashad s fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes.The Darker Nations restores to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World, whose demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced a much impoverished international political arena. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World Ronald A. Marks, 2010-11-02 This book examines the realities of living in the United States after the events of September 11th, 2001, and evaluates the challenges in gathering internal intelligence without severely compromising personal liberties. In the United States, there are a staggering number of agents of the CIA, FBI, and state, local, and tribal police, all authorized and empowered to collect intelligence. But is there a way to use these vast resources to gather intelligence in a socially tolerable fashion and still maintain our cherished civil liberties? This book presents a thorough investigation of intelligence collection in the United States that examines the delicate balance of civil liberties with the effectiveness of intelligence collection. It contains a history of domestic intelligence in America, a description of the various threats against our nation, and a discussion of the complexities of deciding what kind of information needs to be collected— and against whom. The conclusion succinctly states the author's opinions on what needs to be done to best address the issue. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Conflict and Cooperation in the Gulf Region Joseph Kostiner, 2009-01-22 This book analyzes four main episodes of conflict and defense which have affected the region during the last three decades: the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), which effected the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from a close, neighborly distance; the Iraq-Kuwait war (1990-1991), which constituted an attempt to invade the GCC and eliminate one of its member states, Kuwait. And the subsequent attempts to reestahblish a regional inter-state stability in the Gulf (during the mid-1990s, approximately), and the war of Islamic terrorism (notably al-Qa'ida) against Saudi Arabia (leading up to 2005). Each episode was driven by inimical interests and evolved as a distabilizintg influence on the Gulf states. At the same time, each conflict resulted in a paradoxical combination rivalry and cooperation among the GCC states themselves. A perpetual sequence of conflict and cooperation thus developed. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Major Companies of the Arab World 1993/94 Giselle C Bricault, 2012-12-06 This book represents the seventeenth edition of the leading IMPORTANT reference work MAJOR COMPANIES OF THE ARAB WORLD. All company entries have been entered in MAJOR COMPANIES OF THE ARAB WORLD absolutely free of ThiS volume has been completely updated compared to last charge, thus ensuring a totally objective approach to the year's edition. Many new companies have also been included information given. this year. Whilst the publishers have made every effort to ensure that the information in this book was correct at the time of press, no The publishers remain confident that MAJOR COMPANIES responsibility or liability can be accepted for any errors or OF THE ARAB WORLD contains more information on the omissions, or fqr the consequences thereof. major industrial and commercial companies than any other work. The information in the book was submitted mostly by the ABOUT GRAHAM & TROTMAN LTD companies themselves, completely free of charge. To all those Graham & Trotman Ltd, a member of the Kluwer Academic companies, which assisted us in our research operation, we Publishers Group, is a publishing organisation specialising in express grateful thanks. To all those individuals who gave us the research and publication of business and technical help as well, we are similarly very grateful. information for industry and commerce in many parts of the world. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: My Love, My Love, Or, The Peasant Girl Rosa Guy, 1990-12 This story tells of a poor peasant girl's impossible love for a rich city boy, and the disharmony of their two worlds |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Humanism, Culture, and Language in the Near East Georg Krotkoff, 1997-01-01 Essays by 33 colleagues, friends, and students of the Johns Hopkins University Arabist and linguist. Topics include (1) humanism, culture, and literature; (2) Arabic; (3) Aramaic; and (4) Afroasiatic. |
| mohammed bin nawwaf bin abdulaziz: Lebanon in Crisis M. Graeme Bannerman, 1979 This book will serve as a guide for those who wish to understand the Lebanese conflict-expert and general reader alike-and for those, as well, who would work to bring peace to that tormented land. From Palestinian, Syrian, and Israeli intervention to delicate inter-Arab relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and superpower involvement, sixteen experts analyze the motives and actions of the men and groups engaged in the bloody Lebanese hostilities. Tables, notes, and index included. |
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