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H.E. Sheikh Abalkhail

International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

 

Experience

H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Abalkhail is the former Minister of Finance for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a position he held for over twenty years.  He is an internationally respected expert in Middle Eastern financial affairs and currently serves as a director on a number of international banking boards.

 

 

By Date

2003

March 31, 2003

A War Played to Many Audiences

Op-Ed, The Boston Globe

By H.E. Sheikh Abalkhail, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative

THE IRAQ SPECTACLE now running 24/7 is simultaneously war and theater. In both arenas, it is in General Tommy Franks's words 'a campaign unlike any other in history. For secondary audiences of this ultimate in reality TV, the swirl of images and finely spun words has been confusing, and sometimes misleading.

 

 

January, 2003

Protecting the Ozone Layer: Science and Strategy

Book

By H.E. Sheikh Abalkhail, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Edward Parson, Associate Professor of Public Policy

 

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