Analysis

• POLITICS

  Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman Visits Pentagon, White House

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 12. 2012

  Saudi Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz held talks at the Pentagon on Wednesday that focused on the crisis in Syria, hours before a ceasefire deadline was due to expire.

• GCC

  Saudi Arabia & the GCC – post ‘Arab Spring’: Obaid

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 11. 2012

  This week Mr. Nawaf Obaid, former strategic adviser to Prince Turki Al-Faisal, presented a briefing titled, “Saudi Arabia & the GCC in a Post ‘Arab Spring’ Environment” at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as part of a program examining responses among GCC states to the “Arab Spring” turmoil

• TRADE

  Al-Rabiah moves to push foreign trade and investment

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 11. 2012

  Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah yesterday opened a major workshop for the development of Saudi commercial attaches as part of the ministry’s efforts to promote trade and investment relations with foreign countries.

• OIL CONSUMPTION

  Graphic: The Rise of Saudi Oil Consumption

  Richard Wilson  |  4. 5. 2012

  Saudi Arabia uses as much oil per person as America, largely to run oil-fired power plants to run domestic air conditioners. And the more of its oil siphoned off for such uses, the less cushion there is in the worlds oil supply. Thats a big problem now but is becoming less of one.

• BUSINESS

  Critical Commercial and Economic Ties: Interview with Jose Fernandez

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 3. 2012

  The 2nd US-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Atlanta in December brought together a high level delegation of over 200 Saudi officials and business people with over 1000 Americans to explore the $1 trillion-plus commercial openings available in the coming decade in the Kingdom.

• SECURITY

  Secretary of State Clinton to Visit Saudi on Friday and Saturday

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 26. 2012

  Clinton will be in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh Friday and Saturday. There, she’ll meet with Saudi King Abdullah and participate in an event dedicated to the “strategic cooperation” between the U.S. and Gulf Arab states.

• OIL

  Geithner welcomes Saudi oil pledge

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 21. 2012

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he welcomed Saudi Arabia’s pledge to continue to make sure oil supplies are sufficient to meet demand.

• TRANSPORTATION

  Car-nage

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 20. 2012

  In his weekly piece for Arab News, Abdulateef Al-Mulhim takes a look at the extraordinary toll exacted on Saudi roads. With well-engineered roads and streets and access to the latest and safest automobiles, he says, Saudi Arabia still leads the world in highway fatalities.

• BANKING

  Jadwa Saudi Chartbook – March 2012 – Banking

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 10. 2012

  Bank deposits rose for the fifth consecutive month in January, with demand deposits accounting for the entire rise to reach almost 60 percent of total bank deposits. Bank excess deposits at SAMA remained very high, giving scope for further lending growth.