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Mai Yamani

Mai Yamani

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Mai Yamani is the author of Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia and Cradle of Islam: The Hijaz and the Quest for an Arabian Identity.

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  1. Saudi Arabia’s Pilgrimage to Pakistan

    Saudi Arabia’s Pilgrimage to Pakistan

    Mar 25, 2014 Mai Yamani says that the Kingdom's mounting distrust of the US has forced it to seek an alternative protector.

  2. The Last of the Sudeiri Seven

    The Last of the Sudeiri Seven

    Feb 13, 2014 Mai Yamani shows how Saudi Arabia's royal politics is influencing the Kingdom's regional role.

  3. The Bewildered Kingdom
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    The Bewildered Kingdom

    Jan 3, 2014 Mai Yamani assesses Saudi Arabia's increasingly assertive regional foreign policy since the start of the Arab Spring.

  4. Saudi Arabia’s Old Regime Grows Older
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    Saudi Arabia’s Old Regime Grows Older

    Oct 25, 2011 Mai Yamani

  5. Saudi Arabia’s Decade of Denial
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    Saudi Arabia’s Decade of Denial

    Sep 7, 2011 Mai Yamani

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    The US Economy’s Trust Deficit

    Michael Spence considers the causes and consequences of Americans’ declining faith in media and government.
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    Norway Is a Ukraine War Profiteer

    Håvard Halland & Knut Anton Mork argue that the country should give its windfall gains from gas exports to those on the front lines.
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    Navigating the Risks of Digital Public Infrastructure

    Carl Gahnberg calls for guardrails and policy guidelines to prevent governments from abusing the policy paradigm.
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    Services Are the New Road to Development

    Indermit Gill & Aaditya Mattoo explain why developing countries need a new paradigm to replace the old manufacturing-led model.
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    Russia Just Lost Its Great-Power Status

    Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.
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    Twelve Questions for Philanthropists

    Dambisa Moyo offers practical advice to those who want to contribute effectively to charitable causes.
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    PS Commentators’ Best Reads in 2024

    PS editors

    At the end of a year of domestic and international upheaval, Project Syndicate commentators share their favorite books from the past 12 months. Covering a wide array of genres and disciplines, this year’s picks provide fresh perspectives on the defining challenges of our time and how to confront them.

     ask Project Syndicate contributors to select the books that resonated with them the most over the past year.
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    The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions

    Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.
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    The West Is Not Dying, but It Is Working on It

    Yanis Varoufakis argues that Western power is alive and well, but the lofty values that once sustained it have been abandoned.

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