The article discusses how Saudi Arabia is being affected by the political unrest around the Middle East. Investors are worried that the political unrest will reach Saudi Arabia. King Abdullah announced several measures to avoid any political crisis in the country, including establishing a 38 percent...
arrested.“Demonstrations in Saudi Arabia are simply illegal,” Dr Ibrahim Alloush, a professor at Zaytouneh University in Jordan, told RT. Yet, despite harshly cracking down on its own protesters, Saudi Arabia has been very supportive of revolt elsewhere.Riyadh was among the first to push for...
In subject area: Social Sciences Saudi Arabia is a country that has ambitious plans to transform its cities into smart cities, in line with the Saudi Vision 2030 objectives. The country aims to implement the smart city concept in 10 cities, with a focus on Makkah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Madina...
First, I usually talk about net exporters, especially Saudi Arabia, "Approaching" zero net oil exports. Second, it's largely irrelevant to oil importers--assuming that Saudi Arabia's C/P ratio continues to increase in future years--whether Saudi Arabia is net exporting zero barrels of oil ...
3.2.1. Riyadh’s Social and Economic Reforms Saudi Arabia’s policy changes can largely be attributed to Saudi Vision 2030, a major reform initiative launched by MBS in 2016 following his rise to power. Currently serving as both crown prince and prime minister, MBS’s leadership is primarily ...
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The...
Vision 2030: Saudi Arabia's economic overhaul Saudi Arabia is backpedaling on austerity for the second time in less than a year. Analysts say the government is trying to ease the pain of recent tax hikes and subsidy cuts for Saudis to avoid a backlash that could threaten its plans to ...
First, last week after much lobbying, Saudi Arabia was elected to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Then out of the blue it refused to take its seat on the Council – to send “a message for the US, not the UN,” said none other than Bandar bin Sultan. A few ...
His goal, his main chief goal is to make sure that his family continue as the rulers of Saudi Arabia for as long as possible and that he be the next member of that family to take the throne and the first member of his generation to take the throne. And with that in mind, you ...
Iran and Russia have called on Saudi Arabia to halt airstrikes on Yemen as supporters of Yemen’s ruling Houthi militants stage demonstrations throughout the country, protesting against the Saudi-led military intervention. Speaking to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russia’s Vladimir Putin called ...