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  • Nitaqat Three Years On: A Summer 2014 Report Card
     

    Four years into the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia has been an oasis of relative calm and stability in an otherwise tumultuous Middle East region. This is partially because the perceived social, economic and political dysfunction resulting from Arab Spring reform movements has had a sobering effect on Saudi perceptions.  In fact, many Saudis consider the […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Fast-Tracks Nuclear Power to Meet Soaring Domestic Demand
     

    In an excellent round-up of the shifting energy sector in Saudi Arabia, James Conca in Forbes discusses Saudi Arabia’s embrace of nuclear and renewable energy sources to meet demand – an important initiative for the increasingly energy-hungry Saudi society. “Saudi Arabia burns almost a billion barrels of oil a year to produce electricity, this change […]

     
  • Shifting Gender Norms in Saudi Arabia
     

    Though often caricatured as backwards and traditional, Saudi gender roles are undergoing a reconfiguration. Previously, the majority of Saudi women did not work outside of the home and relied on male relatives to manage many aspects of family life. Globalization and economic necessity, not necessarily liberal values, are propelling more Saudi women into work outside […]

     
  • 5 Things to Know about the TASI Opening
     

    Last month’s announcement that the Saudi Arabian stock market, known as the Tadawul or TASI, would open to foreign investment has created waves of optimism from news outlets to seasoned investors. Most think the opening of the market will be great for investors and provide extra liquidity and capital into the market, but the Saudi […]

     
  • A Tadawul Opening Road Map
     

    Jadwa Investments is a well respected Shariah-compliant investment bank based in Saudi Arabia.  Jadwa’s market studies and regular updates can be counted on to be highly informed and concise analyses of the topic at hand. Their monthly ‘Chartbooks,’ quarterly GDP updates, annual budget report and specific sector analysis are regular features on the Saudi-US Trade […]

     
  • Over 43% of the World’s Natural Gas is in the Middle East, According to BP
     

    43% of the world’s natural gas reserves are in the Middle East region, a June 2014 report by energy company BP found. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2014 found that 80.3 trillion cu/m of natural gas sits under countries in the Middle East. The annual report by BP published every June noted […]

     
  • The Saudi Stock Exchange is Opening Up to Foreign Investment
     

    The Saudi Stock Market, also known as the Tadawul All-Share Index or TASI, will open up to foreign investment to money managers outside the GCC for the first time, Bloomberg reports citing the official Saudi Press Agency. “The oil-rich kingdom’s cabinet authorized the Capital Market Authority to allow overseas financial institutions to buy and sell […]

     
  • Jamal Khashoggi Addresses the Deteriorating Security Situation in Iraq and Why ISIS is a Threat to Saudi Arabia and the United States [VIDEO]
     

    As the security situation in Iraq deteriorates and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continues to battle the security forces of the Maliki government in Iraq, SUSTG and SUSRIS hosted a special edition of FocusKSAwith experts to discuss the implications of these developments for Saudi Arabia and the U.S.-Saudi relationship. Joining the panel […]

     
  • Needed Changes at Saudi Arabia’s Majlis As Shura Council
     

    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 […]

     
  • SMEs in Saudi Arabia: How the Supreme Economic Council Can Support SME Growth in the Kingdom
     

    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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