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Mar 3, 2015

Fayyad: What Palestinians Need to do to Fulfil Their Quest for Statehood

By Salam Fayyad

Brent Scowcroft Center Distinguished Statesman Salam Fayyad writes for The Elders on the Palestinian path to statehood:

Middle East

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Jan 29, 2015

Saab: “The Political Calculation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is Very Important”

By Bilal Saab

The Daily Star quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on how Israel might react to Hezbollah’s attack:

Israel

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Jan 28, 2015

Saab on the Sale of US Predator Drones to the United Arab Emirates

By Bilal Saab

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the sale of US Predator drones to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what it means for the US-UAE relationship:

The Gulf

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Jan 24, 2015

Saab on America’s Relationship with Saudi Arabia

By Bilal Saab

The Economist quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia

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Jan 23, 2015

Saab: Saudi Arabia’s Way Forward

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for Foreign Affairs on Saudi Arabia’s King Salman:

Saudi Arabia

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Jan 23, 2015

Saab on King Salman’s Views on Iran

By Bilal Saab

CQ Roll Call quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on King Salman’s views on Iran:

Saudi Arabia

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Jan 23, 2015

Saab and Manning: “The Biggest Risk Associated With Riyadh’s Oil Strategy Is Domestic”

By Bilal Saab and Robert Manning

The Council on Foreign Relations quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning on how the death of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud could impact Saudi oil policy:

Saudi Arabia

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Jan 21, 2015

Saab: Hezbollah Hesitates?

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab cowrites for Foreign Affairs with Daniel Byman on the Syrian conflict and Hezbollah:

Middle East
Syria

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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