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Ali Saleh Al-Duraibi
Historical projections on the reality of Ukraine and its president
There was no threat of a World War III though Russia invaded Ukraine recently.The world was on the brink of an outbreak of World War III in 1962 when the then Soviet President Khrushchev agreed with Cuban President Fidel Castro to deploy Soviet nuclear missile launchers on the territory of Cuba, and the deployment was actually made. It was at that time US President John F. Kennedy threatened his Soviet counterpart that if the Soviet Union did not withdraw the missile launchers and cancel the planned deployment of more launchers, the US Army would be ordered to launch a strike on them, and it would be - as Kennedy threatened - World War III!After this ultimatum, Khrushchev agreed to completely withdraw the missile launchers from Cuba. Only a few people know that Khrushchev’s approval was...
March 12, 2022

Historical projections on the reality of Ukraine and its president

Dr. Tony Chan
Looking ahead at science and technology in 2022 and beyond
Coming into 2022, the focus of science and technology (S&T) has sharpened with fresh urgency: Our climate is undergoing steep changes; an energy transition is in the offing; the world is increasingly hungry and thirsty, and we are failing our SDG goals; we are in the midst of a digital revolution; and present and future pandemics presents serious threats to name just a few.This shines a welcome light on our core business at KAUST. We are coming of age at an ideal time to support the Kingdom’s aspirations directly and to help train its S&T workforce to face these challenges. Indeed, science is a core enabler for Vision 2030.Beyond being the president of KAUST, I also serve on boards and advisory committees of many change-making organizations in the Kingdom such as the FII Institute, the...
January 19, 2022

Looking ahead at science and technology in 2022 and beyond

Hassan Nasrallah and his last “slapping” party
by Najeeb YamaniI do not find a more accurate and appropriate description of the “slapping party” that Hassan Nasrallah held last week than that of an imagery of a “rat” that’s caught in a trap. The rat, finding no way to get out of it, is almost strangled in the trap such that there are no tricks left for it except meaningless screaming, wailing, and babbling while seeing nobody around extending any sort of help or aid.I say this with certainty while looking at the pathetic state of isolation that Nasrallah and his desperate Hezbollah group are experiencing. This miserable state in which Nasrallah and Hezbollah are in is a result of the great efforts in terms of the Saudi diplomacy over the past period with deliberate and insightful initiatives that were instrumental in setting...
January 11, 2022

Hassan Nasrallah and his last “slapping” party

Dr. CARLOS M. DUARTE
Youth as a nature-based climate solution
Nature-based solutions have emerged at COP26 as one of the top hot remedies to cool our fevered planet, reflected in multiple announcements of investing in blue carbon and afforestation projects. These projects all require a commitment of permanence of the carbon sequestered (or conserved), with a horizon of 100 years, so that the carbon is safe from being released back to the atmosphere over climatically relevant time scales.This is an interesting proposition as it binds three human generations around nature based climate solution projects. Climate change presents a disruption of the intergenerational contract through which parents work to deliver a better world to their children, as it is them, the zeta and alpha generations, not me, a baby boomer, who will live through and suffer the...
December 10, 2021

Youth as a nature-based climate solution

Challenges, but life goes on
By Bandar AlsenaidiMany countries around the world are facing challenges; the defense of their territories comes at the forefront, instead of other challenges such as the pandemic, the main cause of an economic shock faced by all countries of the world.That pandemic, which played an important role in the global economic shock, did not leave one of the world's countries without being influenced by it. The difficulty of life faced by these countries, especially their citizens, disturbs their lives, and obstructs their daily life, difficult challenges to face not only governments, but their citizens too - As I mentioned earlier - including economic, defense of the homeland and developments that are binding to governments to keep pace with the daily accelerating global development. In our...
December 04, 2021

Challenges, but life goes on

Dr. Maliha Hashmi
It's time for green health
By Dr. Maliha HashmiIn recent weeks the world’s focus has been on the environment, and mitigating climate change, with leaders convening in Glasgow, Scotland, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP26.Around 40,000 delegates from 200 countries registered for the conference that had produced commitments, including a pledge from our very own, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to reach net-zero emissions by 2060.With the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a major oil producer, it is impressively taking major steps to scale up climate action and environmental protection through its recently launched Saudi Green Initiative to improve quality of life and protect future generations.Commitments include a cooperative platform to implement a carbon circular economy; a regional center for climate...
December 02, 2021

It's time for green health

Looking to the future on our National Day
It is our 91st National Day, with people from around the Kingdom coming together to celebrate the birth of modern Saudi Arabia.Could it be one of the most important this year?Activities will take place following a difficult 18 months where COVID-19 has sadly claimed many lives, made many seriously ill and led to a lockdown and disruption to businesses and lives.While our National Day gives us a chance to reflect on how we came together during the pandemic, it also gives us a chance to look forward.In many ways, maybe COVID-19 made the world smaller, more easily accessible and within the reach of all of us.We were forced to embrace modern technology not only to work but to chat to friends and family by using Zoom and other online applications.It also taught us that we didn’t need to get...
September 23, 2021

Looking to the future on our National Day

Sept. 11 is not out of context
Let us briefly review what had happened in those years; I mean before and after Sept. 11, 2001 when Al-Qaida terrorists struck the United States. This is also an attempt to put Sept. 11 in its chronological context.In 1991, Saudi Arabia revoked the citizenship of Osama Bin Laden when he refused to return to the Kingdom, and it was known at the time that he was the one who directed and supported terrorist operations from his place of residence in Sudan. In 1996, he left for Afghanistan and officially assumed the role of emir of this terrorist organization, and the name Al-Qaida appeared to us later.In 1993, Ramzi Yousef, a Pakistani national, attempted to bring down a tower of the World Trade Center in New York by driving a medium-sized truck into the tower’s garage and blowing it up. The...
September 08, 2021

Sept. 11 is not out of context

KAUST... a Saudi University in a new world
By Ibrahim AbdulmajeedTwo months ago, I received two issues of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) publications from a fellow Saudi journalist Mr. Ali Makki Idris. What caught my attention upon reading them was the sense of modernity of life in the “new Saudi Arabia”.I was astonished by the level of scientific and cultural progress of many of its youth. This holds true to all young and adult Saudis that I happen to see on the media or those I interviewed in Egypt and abroad. I also knew that KAUST participated in Cairo International Book Fair 2021 with a professional crew, including Mr. Idris, who is constantly active and highly knowledgeable of KAUST.I learned from going through these two magazines that KAUST is a Saudi university that has been actively...
July 16, 2021

KAUST... a Saudi University in a new world

Lutfi Fuad Nu'man
KAUST: A ‘Scientific Saudi Embassy’ at Cairo International Book Fair 2021
By Lutfi Fuad Nu'man,CAIRO — The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) participation in Cairo International Book Fair 2021 has evoked an overwhelming interest of the fair visitors.The energy and the inspiration of captivated audiences, who flocked to KAUST’s booth, was evident throughout the fair, whether it was grabbing of the quarterly publications or listening to the university media, public relations and communication representatives.The representatives Ali Makki, Abdullah Al-Sobahi and Abdulaziz AlKurdi, talked about KAUST’s 12 years of contributions to science and technology, its diverse community and unique life and work culture.The KAUST’s booth in this fair could be described as a "mobile scientific embassy”, since it is similar in...
July 12, 2021

KAUST: A ‘Scientific Saudi Embassy’ at Cairo International Book Fair 2021

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