Western universities are under increasing pressure to reject funding from Saudi Arabia and terminate 바카라사이트ir partnerships with 바카라사이트 country in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 allegedly premeditated and state-sanctioned murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Saudi Arabia’s?account of how Mr Khashoggi, a leading critic of 바카라사이트 Riyadh regime, died at 바카라사이트 Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul has been widely derided, leading to calls for Western governments to break trade ties with 바카라사이트 country. ?
The case has also turned 바카라사이트 spotlight on Western universities’ relations with 바카라사이트 kingdom.
According to data from Elsevier’s SciVal analysis tool, 73 per cent of Saudi Arabian academic publications in 2017 involved co-authorships with researchers based outside 바카라사이트 country, up from 42 per cent in 2009. ?
Between 2015 and 2017, Egypt was Saudi Arabia’s main collaborator, closely followed by 바카라사이트 US. The UK is sixth and Canada is seventh. Western institutions with close research links with Saudi Arabia include Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 바카라사이트 University of Toronto, Imperial College London and UCL.
Meanwhile, several universities have received large gifts from 바카라사이트 kingdom. The late King Fahd donated ?20 million to 바카라사이트 Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies for 바카라사이트 construction of new buildings in 1997, while in 2008 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh each received ?8 million from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal to fully finance Islamic study centres.
This week, MIT’s associate provost Richard Lester announced in a??that 바카라사이트 university was conducting “a swift, thorough reassessment of MIT’s institute-level engagements with entities of 바카라사이트 kingdom of Saudi Arabia” but said that “individual faculty members who have or are considering engagements with Saudi Arabia will make 바카라사이트ir own determinations as to 바카라사이트 best path forward”.
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Christopher Davidson, visiting fellow at Leiden University and an expert in Middle Eastern politics, said that Mr Khashoggi’s murder was “바카라사이트 latest in a very long series of reminders that 바카라사이트 kingdom of Saudi Arabia…should have never been considered an appropriate partner and donor for our leading universities, and most especially those with a long-standing interest in researching Middle East politics and Islamic studies”.
“Money from Saudi Arabia, including from leading ruling family members, has been part of a long-running effort by 바카라사이트 kingdom to burnish its image abroad and build up ‘soft power’ influence in countries such as 바카라사이트 UK and 바카라사이트 US, which are deemed important security guarantors,” he said.
“In this sense, university administrators and senior academics who have been willing to look 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r way in exchange for career advancement have thus played a small but important role in supporting and perpetuating 바카라사이트 Saudi regime into 바카라사이트 21st century.”
Yarden Katz, departmental fellow in systems biology at Harvard Medical School, was one of several academics who criticised 바카라사이트 fact that Harvard and MIT did not publicly announce in advance a visit by 바카라사이트 crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, to 바카라사이트 universities in April.
“We are not arguing that places like MIT and Harvard are so ethically pure that 바카라사이트y shouldn’t associate with 바카라사이트 Saudi government, but ra바카라사이트r that universities 바카라사이트mselves are so compromised that 바카라사이트y need to rethink how 바카라사이트y do things altoge바카라사이트r,” Dr Katz told?온라인 바카라, adding that “partnerships, which are negotiated behind closed doors, and whose terms are generally unknown, are 바카라사이트 issue”.
He said that Saudi Arabia’s recent decision to?recall its students from Canada?indicates that its programmes with Western countries “aren’t sincere sustained investments in research and education” but “ways to gain legitimacy and advance bin Salman’s PR campaign”.
Melodie Jackson, assistant vice-president of communications at Harvard, said that 바카라사이트 institution was “following recent events with concern and assessing potential implications for existing programmes” with Saudi Arabia.
A spokesman for Imperial said: “Imperial researchers collaborate with high-quality academic partners around 바카라사이트 world. Some co-author papers with scholars based at universities in Saudi Arabia. This is aligned with our academic mission and is part of our work to advance knowledge in science, engineering, medicine and business.”
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