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Saudi Efforts to Combat Terrorist Financing
This past week, Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner traveled to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for his first official visit to the Middle East since assuming his current position. Although in many respects the Obama administration is off to a bumpy start with Saudi Arabia, Geithner praised Saudi efforts
Jul 21, 2009
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  • Michael Jacobson
Brief Analysis
Who Will Be the Next King of Saudi Arabia...And Does It Matter?
On July 13, 2009, Ambassador Robert Jordan and Simon Henderson addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Henderson is the Baker fellow and director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at the Institute. His most recent Policy Focus, After King Abdullah: Succession in Saudi Arabia, will be
Jul 15, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Waning Vigilance:
Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Yemen
Recent reports suggesting that al-Qaeda fighters are leaving Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the group has suffered serious setbacks, have renewed international concerns that Yemen is reemerging once again as a major terrorist safe haven. Although the assessments of al-Qaeda's resurgence in Yemen are accurate, the deteriorating situation is not due
Jul 14, 2009
In-Depth Reports
Gulf of Conflict:
A History of U.S.-Iranian Confrontation at Sea
Iran, a former world power and now rising regional power, has a proud military history stretching back four thousand years. For the last thirty, Iran and the United States have been locked in a hostile embrace and, on several occasions during the latter phases of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, engaged
Jul 1, 2009
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  • David B. Crist
Brief Analysis
Saudi Media Take the Lead Against Iran's Regime
Most commentary on the regional reaction to Iran's postelection strife divides Arabs into pro-Iranian and pro-American camps, a simplistic division that misses a key distinction. At the official or semiofficial level, Arab reaction to Iran's current travail is divided into three, not two, main parts: the usual handful of pro-Iranian-government
Jun 26, 2009
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  • David Pollock
  • Mohammad Yaghi
The Small Gulf States:
The Best Case Examples in the Arab World?
On March 24, 2009, the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, the U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs in Washington D.C., and the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Israel jointly held an international videoconference seminar focusing on reform and democracy in the Gulf States, featuring
Jun 17, 2009
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • David Pollock
Articles & Testimony
The Small Gulf States:
The Best Case Examples in the Arab World?
On March 24, 2009, the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, the U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs in Washington D.C., and the Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Embassy in Israel jointly held an international videoconference seminar focusing on reform and democracy in the Gulf States, featuring
Jun 17, 2009
Brief Analysis
Obama's Visit to Riyadh:
Competing Agendas?
On June 2, President Barack Obama departs for the Middle East, where he is scheduled to deliver a major speech in Cairo on June 4. But his first stop is Riyadh, where he will meet Saudi king Abdullah. Officially the two men will, in the words of a White House
Jun 2, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Desert Schism:
Prince Nayef Bids for Saudi Throne
On March 27, the official Saudi Press Agency issued a brief, surprise statement announcing that Interior Minister Prince Nayef had been appointed second deputy prime minister. This intriguing development has prompted widespread speculation that the conservative Prince Nayef will become crown prince when the incumbent -- the ailing Prince Sultan
Mar 31, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
'The Siege of Mecca':
Honoring Winner of Washington Institute Book Prize
On March 10, 2009, Yaroslav Trofimov, author of The Siege of Mecca, accepted the 2008 Gold Award in The Washington Institute's inaugural Book Prize competition. The ceremony took place at the New York Historical Society in New York City. The Book Prize, established to highlight new nonfiction books on the
Mar 10, 2009
Brief Analysis
Saudi Arabia Changes Course, Slowly
On February 14, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced a range of new ministerial, legal, and bureaucratic appointments. Surprising in scope and timing, the changes include the appointment of the kingdom's first woman as a deputy minister and were made, according to Labor Minister Ghazi al-Ghusaibi, "to speed up implementation
Feb 18, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Reforming U.S. Counterterrorism Assistance Programs
On February 12, 2009, Washington Institute senior fellow and director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Matthew Levitt addressed a roundtable discussion hosted by Counterterrorism Blog and the Potomac Institute. The following is a transcript of his remarks. I don't claim to be an expert on the issue
Feb 12, 2009
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  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Atoms for What?
The U.S.-UAE Nuclear Accord
On January 15, outgoing Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed a nuclear cooperation accord with her United Arab Emirates (UAE) counterpart Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The treaty, which to become law needs to be presented to the U.S. Congress, would help the Persian Gulf state become the first Arab
Feb 9, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Qatar Challenges Washington on Hamas
Speaking last week in Qatar, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal thanked Qatar for its support and declared that Palestinian fighters had "won the war [in the Gaza Strip] by defeating Israeli plans." Mashal also lauded controversial Islamic scholar Yousef al-Qaradawi as the "shaikh of resistance." By tolerating such an event, Qatar
Feb 2, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
  • Matthew Levitt
Brief Analysis
Tough Choices on Hamas Prompt Arab Disarray
Arab support for the Palestinians has been the bedrock of Arab diplomacy for decades, but the recent Israeli military action against Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip has divided those backing Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah Party and those supporting its Hamas rival. A series of meetings before
Jan 27, 2009
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Saudi Leadership Crisis Looms:
Health of Crown Prince Falters
After months of speculation about the health of the designated successor to King Abdullah, Crown Prince Sultan, Saudi officials are now openly talking about Sultan's ill health. The kingdom -- a close U.S. ally, the self-professed leader of the Islamic world, the world's largest oil exporter, and most recently the
Jan 21, 2009
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Obama, the Gulf, and Iran
Regarding Iraq, President Obama will face how to turn his campaign rhetoric into reality. During the campaign, a great deal of what Obama and his advisors had to say is that they thought the current strategy in Iraq was not addressing the principal problem facing Iraq and U.S.-Iraqi relations, namely
Dec 24, 2008
Articles & Testimony
Bridging the Persian Gulf
After months of intense focus on the economy, the recent attack in Mumbai was a sombre reminder that the incoming Obama administration will have to confront many other serious threats as well. Beyond terrorism, Iran's nuclear programme is also likely to be high on the president-elect's priority list. The success
Dec 11, 2008
Brief Analysis
Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan:
Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
Saudi king Abdullah is in the United States this week to discuss issues of considerable interest to both countries. Tomorrow and Thursday, he is in New York City for an interfaith meeting he is sponsoring and which President Bush will be attending. On Friday and Saturday, the Saudi monarch will
Nov 10, 2008
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
OPEC Deliberates:
A Saudi Opportunity
Today, oil ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meet in Vienna to discuss a possible production cut. Originally planned for November, the meeting was brought forward because of falling oil prices. With the perilous state of world financial markets, seldom has an OPEC meeting been so
Oct 23, 2008
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  • Simon Henderson

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Simon Henderson is the Baker Senior Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.
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Elizabeth Dent is a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where she focuses on U.S. foreign and defense policy toward the Gulf states, Iraq, and Syria.
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