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Ambassador Chas Freeman on US-Saudi Relations, Obama Visit
- June 30,2014
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- SUSTG Team
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Richard Wilson and the Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG) [Video]
- June 30,2014
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- SUSTG Team
SUSTG’s Richard Wilson interviewed by SUSRIS editor-in-chief Patrick Ryan, the first in a new series called FocusKSA.
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‘Observe Ramadan in the true spirit of Islam’
- June 28,2014
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- admin
Imams in mosques throughout the Kingdom, including those in Makkah and Madinah, welcomed on Friday the holy month of Ramadan with an immense sense of piety and requested their respective congregation to strictly follow the teachings of the Holy Qur’an during the fasting period. The Supreme Court in Riyadh called on all Muslims in the […]
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Needed Changes at Saudi Arabia’s Majlis As Shura Council
- June 9,2014
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- John Sfakianakis
A parliament is a legislature. More generally, “parliament” may simply refer to a democratic government’s legislature. The term is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (“to speak”): a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which such a discussion took place. It acquired its modern meaning as […]
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FocusKSA: An Interview with Abdulaziz Alhazmi, COO and Acting Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia)
- June 4,2014
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- Richard Wilson
On the eve of the 2014 Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony last week, I sat down with Abdulaziz Alhazmi, COO and Acting Director General of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia). Saudia is a major sponsor of these events and Mr. Alhazmi was in Virginia to personally congratulate the 12,500 Saudi students […]
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2014 SACM Career Fair and Graduation: 9 Things to Know
- May 20,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
If you’re attending the 2014 SACM career fair and graduation ceremony in the Washington, D.C.-area starting on May 24th, you’ll be joining thousands of other Saudi students in the U.S. for an excellent networking opportunity. Students on the King Abdullah Scholarship Program and their families come from around the country to celebrate their achievements and […]
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SMEs in Saudi Arabia: How the Supreme Economic Council Can Support SME Growth in the Kingdom
- May 20,2014
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- John Sfakianakis
SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are key to an economy’s growth and account for 60% to 70% of jobs in most Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, with a particularly large share in Italy and Japan, and a relatively smaller share in the US. The percentage contribution of SMEs to GDP/total value added […]
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The Euromoney Conference: Investment in Saudi Arabia – Sfakianakis
- May 16,2014
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- John Sfakianakis
Just recently Fitch upgraded the sovereign rating of Saudi Arabia to AA from AA-, denoting a stable outlook for the Kingdom. Fitch’s upgrade of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign rating makes it rank seventh within the G20 members, after the United States, Germany, Canada, Australia, Britain, France, and ahead of even Japan and China. Despite political upheaval […]
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Commentary | King Abdullah: Nine Golden Years of Prosperity and Stability – Mulhim
- May 6,2014
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- SUSTG Team
Saturday marked the 9th anniversary [on the Islamic calendar] of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s accession to the throne and pledging of allegiance to him. When King Abdullah assumed the leadership of Saudi Arabia, the world in general and the region in particular was facing difficult times, as violence, instability and drastic […]
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Saudi Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al-Assaf to Represent Saudi Arabia at the G20 Meetings in Washington on Thursday
- April 8,2014
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- Lucien Zeigler
The Saudi Press Agency reports the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, will represent Saudi Arabia in Washington on Thursday at the G20 meethings. He will join other finance ministers and governors of central banks.
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TechnologySaudi tech start-ups to drive Digital Economy
Saudi tech start-ups will drive the Digital Economy over the next 15 years, and support job creation for technology talents, the Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology announced today at SAP’s first Start-up Focus event in the kingdom.
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) spending on information security technology and services is on pace to reach US$1.3 billion in 2016, an increase of 8 percent over 2015, according to Gartner, Inc.
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Saudi ArtistsSaudi artists struggle for recognition at home
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RaqqaUS’s Carter Talking With Turkey About Seizure of Raqqa
The United States is continuing to talk with ally Turkey on the role it will play in the operation to seize the city of Raqqa, Islamic State's main stronghold in Syria, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said on Wednesday.
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IsraelThe military trial that’s tearing Israel apart
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Saudi Real EstateCan Saudi land reforms kick-start an investment boom?
The Saudi real estate market is going through a transformation to prepare for life after oil. As it shakes off decades of inertia it’s becoming vastly more liquid and of far greater interest to foreign investors.
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