Analysis

• US-Saudi

  

  Secretary of State John Kerry Heads to Riyadh for a ‘Full Schedule’ Visit; Moment Seen as a ‘Get-to-Know You’ Opportunity for the Secretary

  SUSTG Team  |  3. 4. 2015

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Saudi Arabia for what the State department called a "full schedule" visit with King Salman, various GCC ministers, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud al Faisal.

• MERS

  

  MERS Still ‘Baffling’ Scientists as WHO Criticizes Implementation of Prevention Methods in Saudi Arabia; Riyadh Hospital Temporarily Closed

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 24. 2015

  As MERS cases spike in Saudi Arabia, a delegation of World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations visited Saudi Arabia and concluded that the Kingdom must do more to combat the spread of the disease.

• E-Commerce

  

  Saudi MCI Proposes New E-Commerce Law

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 9. 2015

  Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed a new draft e-commerce law to govern online transactions in the Kingdom.

• SUSRIS

  

  A Transitioning Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: SUSRIS Interviews Theodore Karasik

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 6. 2015

  This week, SUSRIS featured in two parts a wide-ranging interview with Dr. Theodore Karasik in which the expert discussed the recent transition in Saudi Arabia and the implications for regional and global affairs.

• Doing Business in Saudi Arabia

  

  Discovering Business in Saudi Arabia 2014-2015

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 27. 2015

  Our friends at the Saudi-British Relations Information Service (SBRIS at www.saudibrit.com), share with its readers the 2014-2015 Discovering Business handbook published by Allurentis Ltd, in association with UK Trade and Investment and the Saudi Committee for International Trade.

• Syria Food Aid

  

  HRH Saudi King Abdullah Donates $104M for Syria Food Aid following World Food Program Shortfall

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 11. 2014

  HRH King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced a $104 million donation on behalf of the Kingdom to Syria in the form of food aid, following announcements last week of a shortfall.

• 'The Double Edged Scalpel'

  

  Investing in Middle East Healthcare for both Financial and Social Returns

  Mussaad Al-Razouki  |  10. 31. 2014

  Saudi Arabia’s 2013-2014 budget includes funding for 19 new hospitals in addition to the 102 hospitals currently under construction in the Kingdom, but only about 9 of these projects have strong involvement from the private sector.

• OIL

  

  Data Compiled by Bloomberg Finds Saudi Oil Sales to U.S. Imperiled by American Shale Boom

  SUSTG Team  |  9. 4. 2014

  "After years of keeping the price of crude sold to the U.S. low enough to maintain market share, Saudi Arabia is losing ground as the shale boom leaves U.S. refiners with ample supplies of inexpensive domestic oil," Bloomberg reports.

• Foreign Students in the US

  

  Brookings’ Gold: Interactive Data on Foreign Students In U.S. Higher Education

  Richard Wilson  |  9. 2. 2014

  The Brookings Institution's superb report, The Geography of Foreign Students in U.S. Higher Education: Origins and Destinations, mines data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to create an extraordinarily informative overview of the foreign student population in the U.S.