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UN (United Nations) estimates of the death toll and displaced refugees in Iraq 2014-2015
01/19/2016
Grouped Articles
U.N. Quantifies the Suffering in an Iraq Divided and Under Attack
New York Times 01/19/2016
WSJ reporter Al Omran's interview with Saudi Aramco chairman Khalid al-Falih in Jan. 2016
01/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Transcript: Q&A With Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/2016
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
Oil prices decline to nearly $30 a barrel in January 2016
01/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2016
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/2017
Saudi Arabia's Aramco strategies
01/08/2016
Grouped Articles
Could Saudi Aramco Be Worth 20 Times Exxon?
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2016
Saudi Aramco I.P.O. Prospect Reflects Kingdom Looking Beyond Oil
New York Times 01/08/2016
Saudi Arabia Mulls Selling Shares in Aramco
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
Saudi Arabia Could List Production Assets in Aramco IPO
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Transcript: Q&A With Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/2016
The Saudi currency, Riyal, its peg to the U.S. dollar and the impact of oil prices below $40 in 2016
01/06/2016
A weakening Riyal and the prospect of a removal of the peg to the dollar is seen as a possible economic policy action by the Saudis. Conversion to local currency of dollars at a higher rate would help the economy but pose difficulties for firms and consumers with rising import prices.
Grouped Articles
Pressure Grows on Saudi Arabia to Ditch Dollar Peg
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Saudi Arabia Says It Remains Committed to Dollar Peg
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01/13/2016
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/2016
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/2016
U.S. - Saudi Arabia relations in 2015-2017
01/04/2016
Grouped Articles
U.S. in a Bind as Saudi Actions Test a Durable Alliance
New York Times 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make Nice
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2016
New York Times 04/22/2016
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/2016
Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, Will Give Him a Royal Welcome
The New York Times 05/18/2017
$110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner’s Personal Touch
The New York Times 05/19/2017
Iran's relations with Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Bahrain, Sudan cut ties with Tehran as crisis widens in Saudi-Iran split - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Its Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
New York Times 01/03/2016
Domestic Issues Fuel Saudi-Iranian Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces Crisis After Saudi Arabia Embassy Attack
New York Times 01/04/2016
The impact of the slump in oil prices to $35 and other pressures in Dec. 2015 on sovereign wealth funds
12/23/2015
Grouped Articles
The Trouble With Sovereign-Wealth Funds
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2015
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/2016
World Bank data on the Syrian refugees in Gulf states including Saudi Arabia going up by 1.1 million by 2013 from the beginning of the Syrian civil war
12/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
The Obama administration changes policy in 2015 with aid and $500 million in loan guarantees to Tunisia, the lone survivor from the Arab Spring
11/13/2015
Unlike Libya which received no support from the Obama administration for fostering its nascent democratic government, and no support from the French or the British after the election of Hollande in France replaced president Sarkozy, Tunisia receives aid and loan guarantees from the U.S. in 2015. Secretary of State Kerry visits Tunisia in Nov. 2015 as the U.S. reverses a policy of withdrawal from the region.
Grouped Articles
John Kerry Says U.S. Will Give Tunisia More Financial Aid
New York Times 11/13/2015
Tunisia's radicalized youth | Middle East | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
Women's suffrage in Saudi Arabia
11/02/2015
Grouped Articles
In Saudi Arabia, Where Women’s Suffrage Is a New Idea
New York Times 11/02/2015
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/2016
Saudi Women Take the Wheel After Driving Ban Is Lifted
WSJ 06/24/2018
Saudi Woman’s Asylum Plea Jumpstarts Opposition to Restrictive Law
WSJ 01/11/2019
Kissinger on the Middle East in 2015-2016
10/16/2015
Grouped Articles
A Path Out of the Middle East Collapse
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2015
Why Bernie Sanders sees Henry Kissinger’s controversial history as an asset - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/12/2016
Clinton and Sanders summarize their clash in 10 seconds - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/12/2016
The Obama administration's decision to delay withdrawal from Afghanistan in October 2015, in the light of lessons learned in the withdrawal from Iraq
10/15/2015
Grouped Articles
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Lessons of Iraq Loom Over Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
New York Times 10/15/2015
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
Saudi Arabia's central bank and policy for the Riyal currency 2015-2016
01/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia Says It Remains Committed to Dollar Peg
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Plans for IPO by Saudi Aramco
01/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia Could List Production Assets in Aramco IPO
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Transcript: Q&A With Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Saudis Moving to Reduce Dependence on Oil Money
New York Times 04/01/16
Saudi Arabia Approves Economic Reform Program
Wall Street Journal 04/26/16
The Saudi Shake-Up Has One Goal: Drag the Country Into Modern Era
WSJ 06/22/17
Saudi Arabia Weighs Giving Up on International IPO for Aramco
WSJ 10/13/17
Saudi Arabia's Aramco performance
01/08/2016
Grouped Articles
Could Saudi Aramco Be Worth 20 Times Exxon?
Wall Street Journal 01/09/16
Saudi Aramco I.P.O. Prospect Reflects Kingdom Looking Beyond Oil
New York Times 01/08/16
Saudi Arabia Mulls Selling Shares in Aramco
Wall Street Journal 01/10/16
Saudi Arabia Could List Production Assets in Aramco IPO
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Transcript: Q&A With Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
The Saudi Shake-Up Has One Goal: Drag the Country Into Modern Era
WSJ 06/22/17
Saudi Arabia's Aramco management
01/08/2016
Grouped Articles
Could Saudi Aramco Be Worth 20 Times Exxon?
Wall Street Journal 01/09/16
Saudi Aramco I.P.O. Prospect Reflects Kingdom Looking Beyond Oil
New York Times 01/08/16
Saudi Arabia Mulls Selling Shares in Aramco
Wall Street Journal 01/10/16
Saudi Arabia Could List Production Assets in Aramco IPO
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Transcript: Q&A With Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid al-Falih
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Saudi Arabia Weighs Giving Up on International IPO for Aramco
WSJ 10/13/17
Hoover Institution's Fouad Ajami on the Middle East and the policies of the Obama administration
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Notable & Quotable: Fouad Ajami on the Sunni-Shiite Fight
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Sunni and Shiite sects of Islam
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?
New York Times 01/03/16
Trump Softens Tone on Islam but Calls for Purge of ‘Foot Soldiers of Evil’
The New York Times 05/21/17
How the Saudis are coping with lower oil prices and revenues- cutting gasoline subsidies and other spending to reduce budget deficits in 2016
12/28/2015
Gasoline prices for some grades of gasoline sold in Saudi gas stations will increase by 50% as the Saudi Finance Ministry copes with dropping oil revenues. The 2016 budget shows adeficit of $87 billion compared to $98 billion in 2015. At this rate Saudi Arabia would exhaust its foreign exchange reserves of $640 billion by 2020. Saudi Arabia has a rapidly growing population which will increase budget pressures and local oil demand. Its defense spending to counter Iran and Russia in the Syria-Iraq conflict and in Yemen also affect spending. Lower oil prices are partly a result of the geopolitical conflict in the region and rivalry betweeen Iran backed by Russia and Sunnis led by the Saudi and Emirates, as well as technology in shale oil production. This comes at a good time for China as it slows, India as it increases its growth rate, and the U.S. and Eurozone as their economies recover from a deep recession, Japan as it improves its economy from low or no growth. For Russia it is seen as away to shift away from imports to domestic industry. For the Saudis an opportuntiy to cut subsidies and improve the productivity of spending.
Grouped Articles
Saudi Arabia, Squeezed by Low Oil Prices, Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit
New York Times 12/28/15
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01/13/16
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/16
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil Wealth
New York Times 02/16/16
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
UN Security Council Resolution in Dec. 2015 for initiating the peace process for Syria
12/18/2015
Grouped Articles
After Years of War in Syria, U.N. Passes Resolution on Talks
New York Times 12/18/15
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/17
Continuing decline in oil prices at the end of 2015, with likely continued decline in 2016
12/07/2015
Grouped Articles
As Oil Keeps Falling, Nobody Is Blinking
Wall Street Journal 12/07/15
Energy Sector Rout Intensifies on Mild Weather, OPEC
Wall Street Journal 12/08/15
Oil Prices Plunge 5% After OPEC Stands Pat
New York Times 12/07/15
The Oil-Price Rout: Blink and You Won’t Miss It
Wall Street Journal 12/12/15
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
The roots of the present conflicts in the Iran-Iraq region and the nuclear program in Iran- the Iran - Iraq war of 1980-1988
11/12/2015
The wars and conflicts in the Middle East starting in 1980 and stretching into the fourth decade by 2015 if they were to continue would be like the conflicts in Europe in the 17th century. It took Europe many years to recover from the religious conflicts that went on for decades in that period following the Protestant Reformation and the Counter Reformation, accompanied by nationalist governments such as France and Sweden looking for gains against rivals.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/12/15
Projected further decline in oil demand for 2016, after the drop in oil prices in 2015
10/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Global Demand Growth for Oil May Fall by a Third in 2016
Wall Street Journal 10/22/15
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/17
ISIS (Islamic State) and the different interests in the Middle East region- the U.S. under the Obama administration, Turkey under Erdogan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Russia under Putin and Iran under Khamanei in 2015-2016
10/16/2015
Turkey's Erdogan is fighting PKK and Kurds, as he faces domestic opposition with Kurdish parties doing well in the recent election, Israel is focussed on Iran's growing influence, the Saudis in protecting Sunni interests and limiting Iranian influence, the U.S. under the Obama administration focussed on limiting the U.S. involvement to an extraordinary degree, and Putin supporting the Iranian government.
Grouped Articles
Regional Discord Fuels Islamic State’s Rise in Mideast
Wall Street Journal 10/16/15
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/15
Islamic State Understands One Thing: Force
Wall Street Journal 11/20/15
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Military Jet
Wall Street Journal 11/24/15
Wall Street Journal 11/24/15
Russia, West Diverge on Military Tactics in Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
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