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Jan 20, 2015

Saab: “This Is a New Hezbollah”

By Bilal Saab

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the recent raid Israel carried out on senior Hezbollah figures:

Middle East Syria

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Jan 6, 2015

Saab and Manning: Riyadh’s Oil Play

By Robert Manning, Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab and Senior Fellow Robert Manning write for Foreign Affairs on the recent trend of falling oil prices:

Saudi Arabia

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Jan 1, 2015

Saab on Leadership Transition in the Gulf

By Bilal Y. Saab

CNBC quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on what kind of transition will likely occur once Crown Prince Salman eventually takes over as king of Saudi Arabia:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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Dec 29, 2014

Charai: Ideas that Kill, Strategies that Fail

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Board of Directors Member Ahmed Charai writes for the Hill on successful and unsuccessful strategies used for combating the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: 

Extremism Middle East

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Dec 29, 2014

Charai: Ideas that Kill, Strategies that Fail

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Board of Directors Member Ahmed Charai writes for the Hill on successful and unsuccessful strategies used for combating the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: 

Extremism Middle East

In the News

Dec 11, 2014

Saab on Expanded Security Cooperation in the Gu

By Bilal Y. Saab

World Politics Review quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the decision at the annual Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha to increase security cooperation in the Gulf:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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Nov 20, 2014

Charai: Middle East Mobsters

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Board Director Ahmed Charai writes for US News and World Report on how to combat the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

Middle East

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Nov 18, 2014

Saab on Oman’s Peaceful Diplomacy

By Bilal Y. Saab

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on Oman’s National Day and trade relations.

The Gulf

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Nov 11, 2014

Saab Article Listed on BBC Must-Read List

By Bilal Y. Saab

BBC cites an article in Foreign Affairs by Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on Oman as a piece of must-read commentary from around the world:

The Gulf

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Oct 28, 2014

Saab on Challenges Facing the Gulf Cooperation Council

By Bilal Y. Saab

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on challenges facing the Gulf Cooperation Council ahead of its annual meeting in December: 

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy
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