MiPAL: Saudi Arabia
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This section contains the ten most-recently added documents to this MiPAL. The most recent updates are in bold type.  All recently included items can also be found by subject division below.

• [2 Dec 08] State Department Media Note: United States and Saudi Arabia Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Science and Technology Cooperation
• [10 Nov 08] Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan: Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [23 Oct 08] OPEC Deliberates: A Saudi Opportunity
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 08] Courts Open New Chapter in Counter-Terrorism
  Christopher Bouceck. Arab Reform Bulletin
• [Sep 08] The Politics of Energy: Comparing Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
  Joe Boonstra, Edward Burke, and Richard Youngs. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [Fall 08] Saudi Arabia: The Gathering Storm
  Ali Alyami. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [2 Sep 08] Textbook Appeasement: The State Department and the Islamic Saudi Academy
  Ryan O'Donnell and James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [Sep 08] Saudi Arabia’s “Soft” Counterterrorism Strategy: Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Aftercare
  Christopher Boucek. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [Sep 08] The Ismailis of Najran: Second-class Saudi Citizens
  Human Rights Watch
• [Aug 08] Will Saudi Arabia Acquire Nuclear Weapons?
  Kate Amlin. Nuclear Threat Initiative

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General Information

• [current] Department of State Country Information for Saudi Arabia
• [current] CIA World Factbook for Saudi Arabia
• [current] Saudi Arabia Maps
  From the University of Texas at Austin
• [current] BBC News Resources
  • Saudi Arabia Country Profile
  • Timeline: Saudi Arabia
• [Aug 07] World Bank Saudi Arabia Data Profile
• [Feb 07] Saudi Arabia Country Analysis Brief
  Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
• [Jan 04] Saudi Arabia News and Events
  From the World Bank Group
• [27 Jan 03] Library of Congress Portals to the World: Saudi Arabia

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U.S. Policy

White House
• [16 May 08] Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley in Al Janadriyah, Saudi Arabia
• [16 May 08] Fact Sheet: Strengthening Diplomatic Ties with Saudi Arabia
• [24 March 08] Vice President's Remarks at a Rountable Interview by Traveling Press
  Note: Discusses the Vice President's visit with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Oil Minister
• [14 Jan 08] Press Briefing by Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie and Press Secretary Dana Perino
• [13 Jan 07] Press Background Briefing on the President's Trip to Saudi Arabia by a Senior Administration Official
• [1 Aug 05] President Bush's Statement on Death of King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz
• [1 Aug 05] President Bush Congratulates King Abdallah bin Abd on Assuming the Saudi Throne
• [25 April 05] Joint Statement by President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah
• [25 April 05] Press Briefing on the President's Visit with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley 

Department of Defense
• [14 Jan 08] Saudi Arabia - Joint Direct Attack Munitions
• [10 Aug 04] Prepared Statement for the House Armed Services Committee
  Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
  See remarks on Saudi Arabia in Section VI: Geographic Approach

Department of State
• [current] United States Embassy to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• [2 Dec 08] Media Note: United States and Saudi Arabia Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Science and Technology Cooperation
• [16 May 08] Media Note: U.S.-Saudi Arabia Memorandum of Understanding on Nuclear Energy Cooperation
• [30 April 08] Terrorist Safe Havens: Collaboration with Saudi Arabia
  Country Reports on Terrorism - 2007
• [15 Jan 08] Remarks with Saudi Arabia Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Royal Highness Prince Saud al-Faisal
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [1 Aug 07] Press Availability with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al Faysal
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [30 July 07] On-the-Record Briefing En Route Egypt
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [16 Jan 07] Remarks with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysal
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [3 Oct 06] Remarks with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [18 May 06] Remarks With Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
• [18 May 06] U.S.-Saudi Strategic Dialogue
  Press Statement
• [22 Feb 06] Remarks with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud after Meeting
  Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State 

Other Policy Sources
• [22 June 08] Jeddah Energy Meeting
  Remarks by Secretary Bodman, Department of Energy
• [22 June 08] Statement by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman at the Conclusion of the Jeddah Energy Meeting in Saudi Arabia
• [18 Sep 07] U.S. Relations with Saudi Arabia: Oil, Anxiety, and Ambivalence
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Gary L. Ackerman, Chair
  • F. Gregory Gause, III
  • Lee S. Wolosky
• [Oct 07] Saudi Arabia Policy Focus
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
• [13 March 07] Business Development Mission to Saudi Arabia for the U.S. Saudi Arabian Business Council
  Israel Hernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion, and Ed Burton, President and Managing Director of the U.S. Saudi Arabian Business Council
• [2 May 06] U.S.-Saudi Energy Dialogue
  Samuel Bodman, Secretary of Energy
• [26 Feb 06] Remarks Before American Business Groups of Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dharan
  Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce 

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Economy & Oil

• [current] Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
• [current] Saudi Arabian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
• [current] Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
• [current] Saudi Arabia and the IMF
• [current] Middle East Energy News
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• [23 Oct 08] OPEC Deliberates: A Saudi Opportunity
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Sep 08] The Politics of Energy: Comparing Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
  Joe Boonstra, Edward Burke, and Richard Youngs. Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior
• [7 July 08] Saudi Arabia's Waning Influence on the Oil Market
  Nimrod Raphaeli. Middle East Media Research Institute
• [20 June 08] Supplicants to Saudi Arabia: The Jeddah Energy Meeting
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [5 June 06] Saudi Arabia: Financial System Stability Assessment
  International Monetary Fund
• [2 May 06] The U.S.-Saudi Energy Dialogue: Meeting Future Energy Challenges
  Ali al Naimi, Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
• [May 06] Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities: The Achilles Heel of the Western Economy
  Michael Scheuer, Stephen Ulph, and John C.K. Daly. Jamestown Foundation
• [15 Feb 06] The Strategic Considerations of the Sino-Saudi Oil Deal
  Jianjun Tu. Jamestown Foundation
• [13 Jan 06] Saudi Arabia's Accession to the WTO: Is a "Revolution" Brewing?
  Middle East Policy Council

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Education & Culture

• [2 Sep 08] Textbook Appeasement: The State Department and the Islamic Saudi Academy
  Ryan O'Donnell and James Phillips. Heritage Foundation
• [July 08] Arab Education: The Front Line on the War on Terror
  Michael J. Hillyard. Strategic Insights
• [24 Jan 08] The Islamic Traditions of Wahhabism and Salafiyya
  Christopher M. Blanchard. Congressional Research Service
• [08] Saudi Arabia's Curriculum of Intolerance - With Excerpts from Saudi Ministry of Education Textbooks for Islamic Studies
  Nina Shea and Ali Al-Ahmed. Center for Religious Freedom of the Hudson Institute and the Institute for Gulf Affairs
• [9 May 06] Saudi Arabia's Women Pioneers
  Jane Kinninmont. openDemocracy
• [Spring 06] Toward a National Education Development Paradigm in the Arab World: A Comparative Study of Saudi Arabia and Qatar
  Sarah Yamani. Al Nakhlah
• [10 Jan 06] Islamic Religious Schools, Madrasas: Background
  Christopher M. Blanchard. Congressional Research Service

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Human Rights & Refugees

• [current] Amnesty International's Online Documentation Archive - Saudi Arabia
• [current] Human Rights Watch Saudi Arabia Page
• [current] Reporters Sans Frontieres Current News and Annual Report on Saudi Arabia
• [Sep 08] The Ismailis of Najran: Second-class Saudi Citizens
  Human Rights Watch
• [May 08] Annual Report of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
• Countries of Particular Concern: Saudi Arabia
• [April 08] Perpetual Minors: Human Rights Abuses Stemming from Male Guardianship and Sex Segregation in Saudi Arabia
  Human Rights Watch
• [11 March 08] U.S. State Department Country Report for Human Rights Practices in Saudi Arabia - 2007
• [Winter 08] Sword of Justice? Beheadings Rise in Saudi Arabia
  Jon Weinberg. Harvard International Review
• [Winter 08] Saudi Women's Rights: Stuck at a Red Light
  Asmaa Al-Mohamed. Arab Insight
• [Fall 07] Policy Focus: Saudi Arabia
  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
• [6 March 07] U.S. State Department Country Report for Human Rights Practices in Saudi Arabia - 2006
• [15 Sep 06] U.S. State Department Report on Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia - 2006
• [8 March 06] U.S. State Department Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Saudi Arabia - 2005

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Politics & Government

• [current] Website of the King of Saudi Arabia
• current] Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense and Aviation
• [current] Saudi Arabian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• [current] Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States
• [current] Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• [current] Arab Political Systems: Saudi Arabia
  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Note: Opens as a Word Document (.doc)
• [July 08] The New Arab Diplomacy: Not With the U.S. and Not Against the U.S.
  Marina Ottaway and Mohammed Herzallah. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [June 08] Affirming the Saudi Will to Power: Domestic Challenges to King 'Abdullah
  Joseph A. Kéchichian. Middle East Institute
• [Feb 08] Institutionalising Hereditary Succession in Saudi Arabia’s Political Governance System:The Allegiance Commission
  Awadh Al-Badi. Arab Reform Institute
• [08] In Doubt for the Monarchy: Autocratic Modernization in Saudi-Arabia
  Iris Wurm. Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt
• [25 Oct 06] New Saudi Rules on Succession: Will They Fix the Problem?
  Simon Henderson.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [4 Oct 06] Saudi-U.S. Relations and the Way Ahead
  Remarks by Prince Turki al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United States, and a Center for Strategic and International Studies event
• [Oct 06[ Saudi Arabia: Local Councils Struggling to Produce Results
  Jafar Muhammad Al Shayib.  Arab Reform Bulletin, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [April 06] The Saudi Labyrinth: Evaluating the Current Political Opening
  Amr Hamzawy. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

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War on Terrorism

• [Sep 08] Courts Open New Chapter in Counter-Terrorism
  Christopher Bouceck. Arab Reform Bulletin
• [Sep 08] Saudi Arabia’s “Soft” Counterterrorism Strategy: Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Aftercare
  Christopher Boucek. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
• [16 July 08] Saudi Salafism a Stronger Force in Islamist Militancy than Recanting Clerics
  Michael Scheuer. Jamestown Foundation
• [May 08] The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Initiatives and Actions to Combat Terrorism
  Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States
• [May 08] Public Statements by Senior Saudi Officials and Religious Scholars Condemning Extremism and Promoting Moderation
  Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States
• [Spring 08] Al Qaeda's Third Front: Saudi Arabia
  Bruce Riedel and Bilal Y. Saab. Washington Quarterly
• [24 Jan 08] Jailing Jihadis: Saudi Arabia's Special Terrorist Prisons
  Christopher Boucek. Jamestown Foundation
• [14 Sep 07] Saudi Arabia: Terrorist Financing Issues
  Christopher M. Blanchard and Alfred B. Prados.  Congressional Research Service
• [29 May 07] Saudi Authorities Crack Down on Forgery Networks
  Christopher Boucek. Jamestown Foundation
• [1 May 07] Saudi Arrests Highlight Security Situation in Saudi Arabia
  Christopher Boucek. Jamestown Foundation
• [28 Feb 07] The Fortress of Saud
  Marisa Morrison. National Interest
• [9 Nov 06] Abqaiq's Message to Washington
  Paul Rogers.  openDemocracy
• [Fall 06] Al-Qaeda's Saudi Origins
  Uriya Shavit.  Middle East Quarterly
• [10 Aug 06] Lessons from al-Qaeda's Attack on the Khobar Compound
  Abdul Hameed Bakier. Jamestown Foundation
• [7 Aug 06] Saudi-based Charitable Organization Sanctioned for Supporting Terrorist Activities
  Steven C. Welsh. Center for Defense Information
• [5 July 06] Statement to the Saudi Mujahideen Summons Iraq Returnees
  Chris Heffelfinger. Jamestown Foundation
• [17 May 06] 'Lag' or 'Gap'? Criticisms of Saudi Counterterrorism Actions
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [20 April 06] The Presence of Saudi Nationals in the Iraqi Insurgency
  Christopher Boucek. Jamestown Foundation
• [6 April 06] Meeting the Challenge of a Fragmented Iraq: A Saudi Perspective
  Nawaf Obaid. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [21 March 06] Al-Qaeda Leader al-Juweir's Testament and Warnings in Saudi Arabia
  Stephen Ulph. Jamestown Foundation
• [28 Feb 06] Al-Qaeda Attack on Abqaiq: The Vulnerability of Saudi Oil
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [27 Feb 06] The Impact of the Abqaiq Attack on Saudi Energy Security
  Khalid R. Al-Rodhan. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [26 Jan 06] Saudi Security and the Islamist Insurgency
  Christopher Boucek. Jamestown Foundation

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Research & Analysis

• [10 Nov 08] Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan: Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Fall 08] Saudi Arabia: The Gathering Storm
  Ali Alyami. Journal of International Security Affairs
• [Aug 08] Will Saudi Arabia Acquire Nuclear Weapons?
  Kate Amlin. Nuclear Threat Initiative
• [18 July 08] Saudi-Russian Military Cooperation
  John C. K. Daly. Jamestown Foundation
• [15 July 08] Saudi Arabia: Interfaith Talks Abroad, Intolerance at Home
  Simon Henderson and Jasmine El-Gamal. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [10 July 08] Tolerance or Exploitation? Saudi Arabia's Religious Dialogue in Madrid
  Ali Al-Ahmed, Logan Barclift, Michael Carver, and Oscar Gilroy. Institute for Gulf Affairs
• [July 08] Vying for Influence: Saudi Arabia's Reaction to Iran's Advancing Nuclear Program
  Jessica Drum. Nuclear Threat Initiative
• [22 May 08] Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations
  Christopher M. Blanchard. Congressional Research Service
• [May 08] Political, Economic and Social Initiatives: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia to the United States
• [17 April 08] Blogging in Support of the Saudi Government
  Nicholas Schmidle. New America Foundation
• [17 Jan 08] The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals
  Christopher M. Blanchard and Richard F. Grimmett.  Congressional Research Service
• [11 Jan 08] Saudis Very Anxious to Hear Bush Views on Iran
  F. Gregory Gause III. Council on Foreign Relations
• [Jan 08] Nuclear Weapons and Saudi Strategy
  Thomas W. Lippman. Middle East Institute
• [18 Sep 07] The Royal Treatment: Saudi Involvement in Iraq Overlooked
  Dahr Jamail.  Foreign Policy in Focus
• [6 Aug 07] The Saudi Arms Deal: Congressional Oppostion Grows
  Rachel Stohl.  Foreign Policy in Focus
• [6 Aug 07] U.S. Trying to Soften Saudi Hard Link toward Maliki Government
  F. Gregory Gause.  Council on Foreign Relations
• [1 June 07] My Saudi Sojourn
  Joshua Muravchik. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Rersearch
• [8 May 07] Cheney in the Middle East: Defining Key Issues and Mutual Interests
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near Policy
• [23 April 07] Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United States
  Tareq Y. Ismael. openDemocracy
• [13 April 07] Saudi Arabia: Current Issues and U.S. Relations
  Alfred B. Prados and Christopher M. Blanchard.  Congressional Research Service
• [16 March 07] Saudis Aim to Roll Back Iranian Influence in Region
  F. Gregory Gause. Council on Foreign Relations
• [March 07] Saudi Arabia: Iraq, Iran, the Regional Power Balance, and the Sectarian Question
  F. Gregory Gause. Strategic Insights
• [31 Jan 07] Courting the Saudis-and Catastrophe
  Hossein Askari. National Interest
• [31 Jan 07] The Middle East on a Collision Course (2): The Saudi Position
  Y. Carmon, H. Varulkar, Y. Mansharof, and Y. Yehoshua. Middle East Media Research Institute
• [26 Jan 07] The Middle East on a Collision Course (1): Recent Saudi-Iranian Contacts to Resolve the Lebanon Crisis
   H. Varulker. Middle East Media Research Institute
• [27 Nov 06] Think Saudi
  Ehud Yaari.  Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [14 Nov 06] Saudi Arabia Interdicts Large Quantities of Weapons at its Borders
  Christopher Boucek.  Jamestown Foundation
• [10 Nov 06] Saudi Energy Security: A Global Perspective
  Anthony H. Cordesman.  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [Fall 06] Saudi Arabia Woos China and India
  Harsh V. Pant.  Middle East Quarterly
• [28 July 06] The Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric War: Saudi Arabia
  Anthony H. Cordesman and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan. Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [27 July 06] Saudi Arabia's Shiites and their Effect on the Kingdom's Stability
  John Solomon. Jamestown Foundation
• [21 May 06] Five Myths About U.S.-Saudi Relations
  Rachel Bronson. Council on Foreign Relations
• [21 April 06] Chinese-Saudi Cooperation: Oil but also Missiles
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [19 Jan 06] Map Wars: The UAE Reclaims Lost Territory from Saudi Arabia
  Simon Henderson. Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• [Jan 06] Saudi Arabia and Iraq: Oil, Religion, and an Enduring Rivalry
  United States Institute of Peace
• [Winter 05-06] Realism and Idealism: US Policy toward Saudi Arabia from the Cold War to Today
  Bradley L. Bowman. Parameters

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News Sources & Online Journals

• [current] Ain-Al-Yaqeen
  Weekly Political Magazine
• [current] Arab News
• [current] Saudi Arabia
  Middle East Media Research Institute
• [current] The Saudi Gazette
• [current] Saudi Press Agency
• [current] Saudia Online
• [current] Google News Search - Saudi Arabia
• [current] Yahoo News Search - Saudi Arabia

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Web Gateways

• [current] Arab Gateway - Saudi Arabia
  Contains links to detailed information on information such as the economy, politics, media, news, society, and the environment
• [current] CountryWatch?s Saudi Arabia Information
• [current] Development Gateway - Saudi Arabia
• [current] Saudi Arabia
  Arab.Net
• [current] Saudi Arabia Enters the 21st Century
  Center for Strategic and International Studies
• [current] The Saudi Arabian Information Resource
  Saudi Ministry of Culture and Information Website
• [current] Yahoo Country Directory ? Saudi Arabia

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