Analysis

SAUDI-RUSSIA

A Saudi-Russia Thaw?

• SUSTG Team
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• 6. 18. 2015

Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Russia amid evidence of a thaw in Saudi-Russian relations.

• U.S.-Saudi Relations: Shura Council

  

  U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Committee for International Trade and SUSTG Host Shura Delegation in Washington

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 15. 2015

  Members of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council visited Washington, D.C. last week and gathered at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Saudi Committee for International Trade and the Saudi-U.S. Trade Group (SUSTG).

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  Video: CEO of Saudi Stock Exchange Adel Saleh Al-Ghamdi Speaks with CNBC as Saudi Bourse Opens

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 15. 2015

• Shoura Council: Saudi-U.S. Friendship Committee

  

  U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Committee for International Trade to Host Private Roundtable Luncheon with Visiting Shura Council Members in Washington

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 8. 2015

  Visiting members of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council to Washington will attend a private roundtable luncheon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber's headquarters in D.C. on Wednesday, June 10th.

• Military

  

  IHS Jane’s: Saudi Spending on Military to Increase by 27% over 5 Years

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 3. 2015

  Defense consultancy IHS Jane’s says Saudi defense spending will be $48.7bn in 2015, a 2 per cent contraction over last year but will reach $62bn by 2020.

• Art and Culture

  

  The Open Air Art of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 1. 2015

  A new book on Saudi Arabia's open-air artwork, 'Sculptures of Jeddah', profiles how the second-largest city in the Kingdom was a magnet for some of the world's best-known artists in the 1970s.

• Extremism

  

  Video: Daesh Claims Second Mosque Attack in Saudi Arabia that Kills 4

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 29. 2015

  According to Reuters, the Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry said a car exploded outside al-Anoud mosque in Dammam during noon prayers on Friday, but "witnesses said a suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the mosque's parking lot when guards stopped him from entering."

• Education

  

  MoE, SAMA to Provide 5,000 Scholarships and Jobs to Saudi Students

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 26. 2015

  The Ministry of Education and the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) agreed to provide 5,000 Saudi students with scholarships and jobs in the insurance and financial sectors, according to reports.

• KASP

  

  After Crown Prince Visit, 12,000 Saudi Students in the U.S. Added to King Abdullah Scholarship Program

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 19. 2015

  The royal gesture came on the recommendation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, second deputy premier and minister of defense while in the United States.

• U.S. - Saudi

  

  Busy First Day in Washington for Visiting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 14. 2015

  U.S. President Barack Obama​ met in the Oval Office with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The meeting was just one in a busy schedule for the visiting Saudi leaders that included meetings with CIA, FBI, and Defense Department Chiefs.