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  • American Public Opposes Israel Striking Iran
     

    A new poll finds that only one in four Americans favors Israel conducting a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program. Seven in ten (69%) favor the US and other major powers continuing to pursue negotiations with Iran, a position that is supported by majorities of Republicans (58%), Democrats (79%) and Independents (67%).

     
  • SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony Begins in Washington
     

    Saudi students from around the United States are descending on the U.S. capital for a graduation ceremony and career fair organized by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) on May 26-27. SACM, in coordination with the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education, will host the SACM Career Fair and Graduation Ceremony this weekend at the Gaylord […]

     
  • Global Markets Drag on TASI
     

    The TASI has dipped over the past month, primarily due to global factors. First quarter results of listed companies point to ongoing strength in the domestic economy, with profits 14.9 percent higher than in the first quarter of 2011. Nonetheless, the TASI is down by 10 percent since the end of March, mirroring falls on […]

     
  • USTR: Saudi Continues to Protect Intellectual Property Rights
     

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday released the 2012 Special 301 Report reviewing the intellectual property protection policies of foreign nations.  Saudi Arabia is not named on the “Watch List” again this year and has not been since a successful Out-of-Cycle Review in 2009 to resolve IP issues in cooperation with the […]

     
  • How Gulf Countries Are Splurging at Home
     

    Asa Fitch, writing in the Wall Street Journal, details the extent to which oil dollars are fueling economic growth “at home” for GCC countries: Booming oil prices are flooding Arab countries with money, but where the lion’s share of that wealth would once have been pumped into the world’s financial markets, much of it is […]

     
  • Island in the Gulf – A Film of Juraid Island
     

    One of the great joys of living in Saudi Arabia has always been the natural environment itself – the dunes, the jebals and especially the Gulf with its beaches, reefs and islands. For those lucky enough to visit Juraid Island, fifteen miles offshore from Jubail, the experience has always been unforgettable. A pristine island shaped […]

     
  • Foreign Military Sales Keep Production Lines Hot
     

    “Partnership building is part of one of the largest benefits that we see,” Hunt said. “It’s building and maintaining friendships, it’s about building allies. United States Central Command, or CENTCOM, is obviously a very busy place for the United States now. The more that we can help those countries not only defend, but operate amongst […]

     
  • SEC unveils SR452b projects
     

    The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has allocated SR452 billion to implement energy projects until the year 2021 according to SEC Chairman of the Board of Directors Dr. Saleh Bin Hussein Al-Awaji. These projects will provide services consistent with international standards, including building up an adequate power at a peak time about 10 percent of combined capacity. The […]

     
  • US and Saudi team up for renewable energy projects
     

    The United States and Saudi Arabia are prepared to sign a number of deals related to the establishment of investment and service projects depending on renewable energy resources, Arab News reported. US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services, Nicole Lamb, said the US would support the Kingdom on its drive to develop clean […]

     
  • The arms spending map of the world
     

    How much do countries spend on their militaries? This data from the Stockholm International Peace research Institute shows the world in arms spending – both in dollars over time and as a percentage of GDP.

     

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  • Gulf states unanimously approve unified tourist visa

    GCC states have unanimously approved the proposed unified tourism visa system for the region, setting the stage for a new era in the highly crucial economic sector.

    The system, which is expected to come into effect between 2024 to 2025 across the six-nation bloc, was announced by GCC Secretary General Jassim Al Budaiwi at the 40th meeting of GCC interior ministers in Oman.

    The decision is expected to streamline travel logistics and underpins the “continuous communication and co-ordination” between the GCC states, he said.

  • Saudi Arabia in the Emerging World Order

    Saudi Arabia sees itself as a top-tier power well-positioned to broker dialogue aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Riyadh hosted a two-day peace summit on Ukraine in August 2023 with representatives from more than forty countries. Russia did not attend and charged that the meeting was one of the West's “futile, doomed efforts” to drum up support for Ukraine in the Global South.1 But for Saudi Arabia, the summit was a successful show of its diplomatic ambitions beyond its traditional sphere of influence.2 It has also offered to mediate negotiations, and in September 2022, it helped Türkiye facilitate a major prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine that involved almost 300 people.3

  • Gulf states unanimously approve unified tourist visa

    GCC states have unanimously approved the proposed unified tourism visa system for the region, setting the stage for a new era in the highly crucial economic sector.

    The system, which is expected to come into effect between 2024 to 2025 across the six-nation bloc, was announced by GCC Secretary General Jassim Al Budaiwi at the 40th meeting of GCC interior ministers in Oman.

    The decision is expected to streamline travel logistics and underpins the “continuous communication and co-ordination” between the GCC states, he said.

    “The unified Gulf tourist visa is a project that will contribute to facilitating and streamlining the movement of residents and tourists between the six GCC countries and will, undoubtedly, have a positive [impact] on the economic and tourist sectors,” Mr Al Budaiwi said.

  • Jordan and the Israeli War on Gaza: Shifts in Political Discourse

    So far, the Jordanian government has only responded to the war in Gaza with diplomatic measures. After the Al-Ahli hospital bombing, King Abdullah cancelled a summit that Jordan had planned to host with U.S. President Joe Biden. Among other changes in the official Jordanian position, Crown Prince Hussein entered the political discourse, taking a sharp stance against Israeli killing of civilians in Gaza. He also supervised the aid convoys provided by Jordan to Gaza through the Egyptian Rafah crossing.

  • U.S. diplomats slam Israel policy in leaked memo

    The memo has two key requests: that the U.S. support a ceasefire, and that it balance its private and public messaging toward Israel, including airing criticisms of Israeli military tactics and treatment of Palestinians that the U.S. generally prefers to keep private.  The gap between America’s private and public messaging “contributes to regional public perceptions that the United States is a biased and dishonest actor, which at best does not advance, and at worst harms, U.S. interests worldwide,” the document states.

  • Israel loses much of the support it gained after Hamas’ attack

    Among Democrats, support for Israel dropped from 30.9% in the third week of October to 20.5% in early November, while support for Palestinians rose from 9.2% to 12.9%. During the same two-week period, the gap between Republicans wanting the United States to lean toward Israel and those wanting the United States to lean toward the Palestinians shrank from 70.7% to 60.8%; it likewise fell from 32.2% to 27.7% among independents. For all respondents overall, the gap decreased from 36.8% to 29.1%.

  • Israel loses much of the support it gained after Hamas’ attack

    As reported last week, American public support for Israel increased measurably in the two weeks after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, across the partisan divide, compared with June. Our latest poll, taken four weeks after the attack, during a period when national and international attention had shifted to Israel’s subsequent attacks in the Gaza Strip, shows that Israel has lost much of that early support, especially among Democrats.

  • Saudi Arabia postpones Arab-African summit to convene emergency meetings on Gaza

    Saudi Arabia has postponed the fifth Arab-African summit that was scheduled for Friday and will, instead, host emergency Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Co-operation summits on Friday and Saturday to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza.

    The Saudi Foreign Ministry said it had reached the decision on Tuesday night after consulting with the Secretariat of the League of Arab States and the African Union Commission to “ensure that political events in the region do not affect the Arab-African partnership”.

    The Arab League summit will take place on Friday, involving most leaders of member states, while the OIC conference, to which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been invited to, will be held on Saturday, a source in the ministry said.

  • Saudi Arabia’s FDI flows rise 22% to hit $33bn in 2022

    Foreign direct investment into Saudi Arabia rose 22 per cent annually last year as the kingdom continues to pursue its economic transformation agenda and open up more sectors for foreign investments.

    Total FDI inflows into the Arab world’s largest economy reached 122 billion Saudi riyals ($33 billion) in 2022, the kingdom’s Ministry of Investment said in a statement on Wednesday.

    Saudi Arabia released the latest statistics following a change in the methodology used for the calculation of FDI inflows.

    The new methodology, endorsed by the International Monetary Fund, uses an analysis of individual financial statements to produce “highly accurate” annual numbers instead of the old method of using the accumulation of flows based on estimates.

  • Saudi Arabia unveils World Expo 2030 candidature plans in Paris

    Saudi Arabia’s capital city is the ideal location for World Expo 2030 because of its growing international stature, strong economy and new infrastructure, according to several government and private sector officials who spoke at a seminar in Paris on Monday night. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City hosted delegates from the Bureau International des Expositions, or BIE, at the event that was live-streamed to an international audience. The BIE will decide on Nov. 28, at its 173rd General Assembly, which city will host World Expo 2030. Saudi Arabia is competing against Italy and South Korea to host the global gathering.