When oil prices hit a record $147 a barrel in July 2008, the Bush administration leaned on Saudi Arabia to pump more crude in hopes that a flood of new crude would drive the price down. The Saudis complied, but not before warning that oil already was plentiful and that Wall Street speculation, not a shortage of oil, was driving up prices.
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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interviews Manal al-Sharif during a drive in New York City about women’s issues in Saudi Arabia. Sharif was arrested last year for driving in the Kingdom after a video showing her experience behind the wheel went ‘viral.’ They talk about the driving incident, the guardianship system, and change and reform in Saudi [...]
Part 1 of Christiane Amanpour’s CNN special report on Iran’s nuclear program, titled, “A Nuclear Iran: The Expert Intel.” “What do we really know about the Iranian nuclear threat? Iran says it wants the right to have its peaceful nuclear program formally recognized. But from the outside, Iran has long given the impression it has [...]
Arab League leaders meeting in Iraq have called on the Syrian government to implement a UN-backed peace plan “immediately and completely”, as they met for a summit in the capital Baghdad. Nine heads of state and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were among those attending the opening of the summit in the former Republican Palace on [...]
AlJazeera – Inside Story – Has the Arab Spring widened the Arab divide? As the Arab League summit attends to regional concerns we ask if leaders are being forced to shift alliances. Has the Arab Spring further divided an already-fractured league? And with Syria at the forefront of disagreement, will the Arab states be forced [...]
The US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum (Dec 5-7, 2011) in Atlanta featured a panel called “Industrial Infrastructure Initiatives: Creating the Foundation Growth.” Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Deputy Minister for Industrial Affairs and Director General, Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON) participated in the panel. [DR.RABIAH WAS NAMED SAUDI ARABIA'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY THE FOLLOWING WEEK.] The [...]
