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This article originally appeared in The Sun
Its roots lie in the Middle East and its web of hate spreads across the globe. But it is also here in Britain — and growing.
Since Wednesday’s carnage we have learned that 52-year-old Khalid …
Originally published by City A.M
Foreign secretary Boris Johnson‘s attack on Saudi Arabia runs the risk of harming UK efforts to build trading relations with Gulf states, experts say.
In remarks reported earlier this week, Johnson accused the Saudi regime of “twisting” …
DATE: Thursday 17th November 2016, 12:30 – 13:30
VENUE: Committee Room 2, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKER: Dr. Karen E. Young, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, Washington
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To see a …
On the 1st of August, Andrew Bowen, a Global Fellow of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, gave a talk on whether the strategic gamble that is ‘Vision 2030’ will in fact pay off …
Posted in Event Summaries, Saudi Arabia
TIME: 12:30-13:30, Monday 1st August 2016
VENUE: The Henry Jackson Society, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP
SPEAKER: Andrew Bowen, Global Fellow, Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
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To …
by Hugh Coates
On the 5th May, Dr Marc F. Plattner, Dr Lilia Shevtsova, and Christopher Walker gave a talk on the current threat posed to democracy by resurgent authoritarian powers across the globe – the central theme of their recent …
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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen
TIME: 10:30-11:30, Wednesday 16th December 2015
VENUE: Committee Room 15, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
SPEAKERS: General Yosef Kuperwasser, Former Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence &
Dr. Jacques Neriah, former Diplomatic and Political Adviser to the late PM Yitzhak Rabin
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Posted in Event Transcript, Extremism, Human Rights, Islamism, Middle East, Middle East, Religious Fundamentalism, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism & Security
SPEAKER:
Dr Simon Ross Valentine
TIME: 18:00-19:00, Wednesday 28th October 2015
VENUE: Committee Room 16, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
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Wahhabism, a strict Arabian Islamic reform movement, has grown massively since the 1970s as a result of huge funding from Saudi …
Originally published in The Spectator
Today a quick game of ‘spot the difference.’
First, here are some photos, released yesterday, of Isis pulling down the crosses on ancient churches and desecrating Christian holy sites in Mosul, Iraq. They admit to doing this because they wish …
This is a summary of an event with His Royal Highness Turki Al Faisal of Saudi Arabia on 12 September 2013; it reflects the views expressed by the speaker and not those of the Henry Jackson Society or its staff.
To …
Guest post by Henry Jackson Communications Assistant Rosanna Rafel
Since King Abdullah came to power in Saudi Arabia in 2005, his moves towards reform, particularly for women, have been closely monitored. David Cameron visited Dubai in early November 2012 to secure …
By and large, with the exception of Bahrain, the Arab Gulf states have enjoyed a
stable and quiet Arab spring compared to the countries of North Africa and the
Levant. This is due to the people of these countries enjoying massive economic …
“It’s none of your business” is the phrase one Saudi women repeatedly tells the country’s ultra conservative religious police in a video being widely circulated on social media and news websites. See the video here.
Her offence? Wearing nail varnish in …
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states are expected to discuss moves towards a confederate style union—a Saudi proposal first put forward in December 2011—when they meet today in Riyadh.
Discussions on unity are likely to encompass greater economic integration and cooperation …
The Assad regime has been blaming bomb attacks in Syria over the past year on al-Qaeda and the Opposition, painting a false picture of those opposing the regime are nothing but terrorists. Now, with the latest bomb attacks in the …
Posted in Middle East, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, The Scoop | Tagged intervention, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United StatesSaudi Arabia thinks its a good idea to arm the Syrian opposition against Bashar al-Assad, yet when it comes to their own citizens opposing the ruling or religious elite, they are crushed almost immediately.
The latest example of this hypocrisy has …
Even as much of the rest of the Arab World experiences socio-political upheavals on an unprecedented scale, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains largely untouched.
This is unfortunate, since the world’s largest oil producer is also one of its worst human …
It’s not often that Saudi Arabia will get a good write up on these pages about their role in combatting al-Qaeda (AQ), but here goes.
The Saudis have been praised by US officials for playing a crucial role in stopping the flow of …
A Saudi Arabian academic released a report last week that concluded that if women were allowed to drive, it would end female virginity and promote promiscuity, prostitution, homosexuality and divorce in the country.
The report, which was conducted for the Shura Council, the …
In the past week, four men have been killed in Shia protests in the Qatif region in Saudi Arabia. This latest outbreak in violence has been dubbed as the most serious in the Kingdom since the start of the Arab Spring.
A population …
In September 2011, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced that he was allowing women to vote for the first time in the next municiple elections – held rarely. Yet this article written by Wajeh Al-Huwaidar in 2009, a Saudi activist …
Posted in Human Rights, Media, Religious Fundamentalism, Saudi Arabia, The Scoop
In 2008 the Saudis asked the US to attack Iran and stop it from developing nuclear weapons. According to one WikiLeaks revelation, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States relayed King Abdullah’s message to the Americans: ‘He told you to …
Posted in Defence, Democracy & Development, Iran, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, The Scoop, United States