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Reflection Essays
Reflection Essays – Personal intellectual meditations that offer depth, perspective, and resonance beyond the academic.


In the Name of Prosperity: Saudi-U.S. Relations, Beyond the Transaction
The world of 2025 is no longer comfortably bipolar. China asserts. Russia regroups. Europe hesitates. The Middle East simmers. Yet amid the global flux, the U.S.-Saudi relationship holds—not out of habit, but from a mutual belief that something larger remains possible. In an unsteady world, there is still nobility in the quiet, persistent pursuit of prosperity.
Amal Altwaijri
May 23


The Velocity of Thought: On beauty, slowness, and the meaning of being human in the age of AI
There is a quiet unease threading through the current age of artificial intelligence—not fear exactly, but a kind of philosophical...
Amal Altwaijri
May 10


In a World of Power, He Chose Principle, A Tribute to Joseph Nye
Joseph Nye passed away on May 6. The world, for a brief moment, seemed quieter—less principled, less clear, somehow less possible. He...
Amal Altwaijri
May 8
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