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Jul 22, 2024

Is Genomic Data the New Oil of the Middle East?

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are rushing to develop genomic databases with associated health data. The challenge for the Gulf States will be to translate their skill in gathering data into skills to analyze it to create value.
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Dec 29, 2023

From Soccer to AI, Saudi Arabia Spends to Win

The Saudis have set their sights on becoming leaders at the cutting edge of technology development in everything from biotechnology to semiconductors and artificial intelligence. And they appear to be prepared to pay top dollar to do it. This complicates U.S. critical technology strategy.
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Dec 13, 2023

A Precarious Moment for Yemen's Truce

The truce in Yemen is imperfect, but it is the only barrier currently preventing the country from sliding back into widespread war. A comprehensive negotiation process is the most viable option for peace in Yemen in the near term, and the only barrier to the humanitarian devastation that a full-scale resumption of the war in Yemen would surely bring.
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Jul 20, 2023

Fighting in Sudan Is Creating a Rift Among U.S. Security Partners

While the national security community often focuses on strategic competition between the United States and its near-peer adversaries, the conflict in Sudan is a good reminder that regional powers are also engaged in competition for influence and resources.
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Jul 29, 2021

A Targeted Industry Approach for Raising Quality Private-Sector Employment in Saudi Arabia

To help the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia develop its private sector and generate quality employment for Saudi citizens, the authors of this report assess the potential for Saudi Arabia to develop a specific industry: food manufacturing.
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Jul 29, 2021

رفع جودة التوظيف في القطاع الخاص في المملكة العربية السعودية: دراسة قطاعية مستهدفة

لمساعدة المملكة العربية السعودية على تطوير قطاعها الخاص وخلق فرص عمل جيدة للمواطنين السعوديين، يقوم مؤلفو هذا التقرير بتقييم إمكانات المملكة العربية السعودية لتطوير صناعة معينة: تصنيع الأغذية.
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Jan 27, 2021

Implementing Arab Gulf Reconciliation

As the Arab Gulf states prepare to engage with a new U.S. administration, their recent reconciliation announcement offers an opportunity to advance their interests as well as mutual interests with the United States. But the Gulf states' intent to end their feud will very likely not be sufficient unless the agreement is deepened through confidence-building measures and expanded by reaching a parallel understanding with Turkey.
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Jul 13, 2020

Could the Houthis Be the Next Hizballah? Iranian Proxy Development in Yemen and the Future of the Houthi Movement

The authors analyze the prospect that Iran will further invest in Yemen's Houthis and develop them into an enduring proxy group. The authors examine the history, current relations and trajectory, and possible future of the Houthi-Iran relationship.
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Oct 18, 2019

Iran, the Unitary State

Current and future U.S. policy toward Iran must begin with the premise that the Islamic Republic is the sum of its parts and that to try to empower moderates or disempower hard-liners is naive. Rather, Washington should strive to deal with Iran as it is, not as Washington wishes it were.
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Nov 28, 2018

Food Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council

This report characterizes food security in GCC countries, documents the strategies they have taken to facilitate domestic food production and imports, and considers these strategies under scenarios with high versus low risk of supply disruption.
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Nov 15, 2018

Could America Use Its Leverage to Alter the Saudis' Behavior?

As the Saudis' chief political and military partner and the undisputed security guarantor in the Middle East, the United States has considerable influence it can wield over Saudi decisionmaking. The Trump administration could consider using its influence to encourage Saudi leadership to moderate its assertive and damaging policies abroad.
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Oct 31, 2018

Is Major Realignment Taking Place in the Middle East?

The shifting alignments in the Middle East have intensified since the murder of the Saudi journalist Khashoggi in Istanbul. Turkey has drifted away from NATO and toward Iran and Russia. Like Tehran and Moscow, Ankara is now more anti-Western than at any point in recent memory. What does this mean for the United States?

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