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Saudi Arabia Groups
Trump views on Islam and different faiths, civilizations
05/22/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump Softens Tone on Islam but Calls for Purge of ‘Foot Soldiers of Evil’
The New York Times 05/21/2017
U.S. president Trump and plain talk on Syria
04/12/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump Says Putin Is Partly to Blame for Syrian Crisis
The New York Times 04/12/2017
U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
WSJ 06/19/2017
Opinion | Trump shouldn’t repeat Obama’s mistake in Iraq and Syria
Washington Post 10/22/2017
Pictures, images and thoughts to take away from 2016
12/21/2016
Grouped Articles
DW.COM 12/20/2016
Berlin's Bishop Dröge: 'Don't let violence discourage you' | Culture | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
How U.S. shale oil companies have weathered the slump in oil prices by 2016 and are snapping back
09/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More
WSJ 09/27/2016
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/2017
U.S. Oil Exports Double, Reshaping Vast Global Markets
WSJ 06/07/2017
Effort to Crush Shale Producers Only Made Them Stronger
WSJ 06/09/2017
The New Tech That Terrifies OPEC
WSJ 06/01/2018
Saudis Struggle to Share Pain of Pumping Less Oil
WSJ 11/30/2018
The refugees in 2015- failures in Middle Eastern societes to accomodate modernity and ideas of tolerance, resulting in floundering states and sectarian conflict
05/16/2016
Grouped Articles
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Khalid al-Falih, Saudi Arabia's new oil minister in 2016
05/13/2016
Grouped Articles
Oil: What the Saudi Shake-Up Means
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
Saudi Oil Output Sets Record Despite Global Glut
WSJ 08/10/2016
Saudi Arabia and legislation in the U.S. Congress allowing Saudi Arabia to be held responsible in U.S. courts in 9/11 attacks
04/19/2016
Grouped Articles
Saudi Threat to Sell U.S. Assets Could Hurt, but Mostly the Saudis
New York Times 04/19/2016
New York Times 04/22/2016
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/2016
The Syria- Turkey border in 2016
04/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Syrian Rebel Offensive Against Islamic State Sparks Exodus
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2016
The New York Times 08/11/2016
Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks capture key border stronghold from ISIS
Washington Post 08/24/2016
Never Ending War: Why The Cease-Fire in Syria Won't Help - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/17/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Turkish military expert: Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends | News | DW.COM | 09.03.2017
DW.COM 03/09/2017
Shifting Arab public opinion in 2016 favoring stability and disillusionment with terrorist groups as well as the Arab Spring movement
04/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 04/12/2016
The planned creation of a Saudi sovereign wealth fund of about $2 trillion in 2017 with the sale of stock in Saudi Aramco
04/01/2016
The planned Saudi sovereign wealth fund would be a way to generate income from investments overseas. This would be used to support projects at home to employ the surging job seekers as about three times the jobs created in the 2003-2013 boom will be needed in future years, according to McKinsey consultants, because of the demographic changes.
Grouped Articles
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/2016
Saudi Arabia Approves Economic Reform Program
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2016
Saudi Arabia’s post-oil future
Economist 04/29/2016
The Saudi Shake-Up Has One Goal: Drag the Country Into Modern Era
WSJ 06/22/2017
Saudi Arabia Weighs Giving Up on International IPO for Aramco
WSJ 10/13/2017
Opinion: Saudi Arabia – progress, or megalomania? | Middle East | DW | 26.10.2017
DW.COM 10/26/2017
Saudi Arabia's economy with cuts in spending- 2016-2017
02/16/2016
Grouped Articles
Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil Wealth
New York Times 02/16/2016
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/2016
Saudi Arabia’s post-oil future
Economist 04/29/2016
The Saudi Shake-Up Has One Goal: Drag the Country Into Modern Era
WSJ 06/22/2017
Saudi Arabia’s Economic Revamp Means More Jobs for Saudis—If Only They Wanted Them
WSJ 06/19/2018
Saudi Arabia- China trade relations
01/30/2016
Grouped Articles
President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit
New York Times 01/30/2016
Saudi oil production policy in 2016, and the prospect of low oil prices for the long term
01/27/2016
With Iran expected to add its production to supplies following lifting of sanctions in 2016, the Saudis would lose market share if they cut production. The Saudis are also on opposite sides with Iran and the Shiite government in Iraq, in the Middle East conflict. Russia is also on the opposite side of this conflict. As a result the Saudis are likely to stick to policy of full production with no cutbacks for the long term. When the Saudis made the policy decision at OPEC meetings in 2014 to not cut back on production as prices declined, it may have been done with the idea of revising policy later on. In 2016 with added Iranian production, this flexibility is diminished. Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, and its ability to withstand sanctions and low oil prices because of a declining ruble, and the cutoff in diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, have put all sides in an economic war of attrition. The Saudis with $630 billion in reserves also see the ability to withstand low oil prices for the long term. Low oil prices help boost economies in the U.S, European Union, Japan, India, China, Turkey, and other countries as the global economy slows down in 2016.
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/2016
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
Oil Output Freeze Is an Agreement With a Catch
New York Times 02/16/2016
Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil Wealth
New York Times 02/16/2016
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2016
How OPEC lost control of the oil market - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
U.S. president Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia
05/22/2017
Grouped Articles
In Saudi Arabia, Trump Reaches Out to Sunni Nations, at Iran’s Expense
The New York Times 05/22/17
Trump Softens Tone on Islam but Calls for Purge of ‘Foot Soldiers of Evil’
The New York Times 05/21/17
U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson and American foreign policy in 2017- the memorial service at Lucca, Italy, April 10, 2017
04/11/2017
Grouped Articles
Tillerson Says U.S. Will Punish ‘Crimes Against the Innocents’ Anywhere
The New York Times 04/10/17
White House Accuses Russia of Cover-Up in Syria Chemical Attack
The New York Times 04/11/17
White House Says Russia Tried to Cover Up Syrian Chemical Attack
WSJ 04/11/17
Trump Says Putin Is Partly to Blame for Syrian Crisis
The New York Times 04/12/17
Putin Meets With Tillerson in Russia After Keeping Him Waiting
The New York Times 04/12/17
A Nuclear Deal With North Korea May Be Tillerson’s Mission Impossible
The New York Times 10/02/17
The U.S. Vice Presidential debate between Mike Spence of Indiana and Tim Kaine of Virginia on October 4, 2016
10/05/2016
A focus on Trump's crude language in the campaign against women and minorities, opposing minimum wage and and not paying taxes from Kaine. And a focus on deflecting this by Spence by not responding to these questions, and sticking with traditional Republican positions on immigration, abortion and the war in Syria, deals with Iran.
Grouped Articles
Tim Kaine and Mike Pence Clash Sharply Over Their Running Mates
The New York Times 10/05/16
US election: Trump 'fool' and Clinton 'weak', say VPs - BBC News
BBC News 10/05/16
Tim Kaine and Mike Pence step into spotlight to spar over Russia, immigration
Washington Post 10/05/16
‘I Am an American Because of Him’: The Journey of Pence’s Irish Grandfather
The New York Times 03/16/17
Scott Anderson's interactive 2016 series on the breakup of the Arab World in the NYT
08/11/2016
A five part series on the fragmentation of the Arab World by 2016. Reflecting on this Anderson says he senses how fragile is this fabric of civilization that we take for granted, and how needed is the vigilance of all, and one should add the enlightened outlook of all men and women and education that embeds this enlightened outlook throughout society.
Grouped Articles
Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart
08/11/16
U.S. president Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia in April 2016
04/20/2016
Grouped Articles
Obama’s Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make Nice
Wall Street Journal 04/20/16
Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meet, but Deep Rifts Remain
New York Times 04/20/16
New York Times 04/22/16
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/16
Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, Will Give Him a Royal Welcome
The New York Times 05/18/17
$110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner’s Personal Touch
The New York Times 05/19/17
The Obama legacy in foreign policy
04/18/2016
Grouped Articles
The saddest piece of Barack Obama’s legacy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/16
Oil inventories and oil prices in 2016
04/13/2016
Grouped Articles
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
Oil prices, financial markets sink after production limit plan fails - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/16
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/17
2016 Survey of shifting Arab public opinion favoring stability and seeing terrorism as a result of unemployment not religion
04/12/2016
The survey by ASDA Burston Marsteller shows over 80% with negative perceptions of terrorist groups, and see unemployment as the main motivation for joining such groups. There is a general disillusionment with the Arab Spring movements and favoring stability in 2016.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 04/12/16
Donald Trump's position on nuclear weapons- criticism of his remarks encouraging nuclear proliferation
04/01/2016
This WSJ editorial on April 1, 2016, cites Trump's remarks about the U.S. letting Japan and South Korea develop their own nuclear weapons and says this would encourage a nuclear arms race in Asia. Trump made his remarks in the context of North Korea, but the Journal points to Trump's lack of a grasp of the larger reasons why the U.S. for decades has provided a nuclear unmbrella to Japan and South Korea- to prevent a larger arms race. The Journal says Trump lacks knowledge of what the U.S. gets from Japan and South Korea in return for stationing troops and bases- $900 million from South Korea and $2 billion from Japan, and says it is more cost efficient for the U.S. to station at the current modest troop level than bring the troops home. Trump's failure to grasp the details and the larger issues is one of the criticisms of his campaign and his candidacy for the presidential nomination.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/01/16
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump’s Comments on Nuclear Weapons
New York Times 04/01/16
In defense of the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/16
U.S.-China Tensions Thwart Response to North Korea Threat
WSJ 09/09/16
Analyst: 'We need an entirely new North Korea strategy' | Asia | DW.COM | 09.09.2016
DW.COM 09/09/16
Only Hillary Clinton Is Prepared for the Nuclear Threat
WSJ 10/24/16
The role of politics in oil prices for 2016-2017- Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran
02/01/2016
Spencer Jakab of the WSJ says the Saudis are not likely to change current policy of full output with no cuts, because of Middle East politics and the conflcit with Iran and Russia.
Grouped Articles
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
Oil prices, financial markets sink after production limit plan fails - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/16
Saudi Oil Output Sets Record Despite Global Glut
WSJ 08/10/16
Trump’s Approach: A Fresh Start or Crazy Reckless?
The New York Times 12/14/16
US to end Iran oil sanctions exemptions
BBC News 04/22/19
China's president Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia and Iran in Jan. 2015
01/30/2016
Grouped Articles
President Xi Jinping of China Is All Business in Middle East Visit
New York Times 01/30/16
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