Analysis

ECONOMY

Saudi Oil Export Revenues Down 46% in 2015 as Drawdown on Net Foreign Assets Continues

• SUSTG Team
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• 6. 30. 2015

Saudi Arabia exported 1.4 billion barrels of oil in the first half of the current year for a total revenue value of SAR305 billion ($81.33 billion), according to latest figures.

• Saudi Satire

  

  Laughing Off Daesh Threats: Saudi Comedian Uses Satire Against Self-Described Islamic State

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 25. 2015

  A Saudi comedian threatened with beheading by Islamic State supporters on social media, and accused of apostasy by a Saudi Imam, says he is not deterred and will continue to laugh off his opponents’ rage.

• Shura Council

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council Votes ‘No’ On Proposed Unity Law

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 22. 2015

  A new proposal to implement a new legal system to "protect national unity" was voted down by Saudi Arabia's 150-member Shura Council as "unnecessary," according to a report in the Saudi Gazette.

• Saudi Energy Policy

  

  Saudi Arabia Reduces Crude Exports, Refining More at Home

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 19. 2015

  Saudi Arabia reduced crude oil exports in April but used record supplies domestically for a burgeoning refining industry, Bloomberg reports.

• Daesh

  

  Fahad Nazer: ‘ISIS Will Fail in Saudi Arabia’

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 16. 2015

  "The terrorist group known as the Islamic State (ISIS) has its eyes set on Saudi Arabia," writes Gulf analyst Fahad Nazer. "ISIS will not succeed in Saudi Arabia as it has in Syria or Iraq or in the way some al-Qa‘ida affiliates have in Yemen, Somalia, northern Mali, or Nigeria."

• KING ABDULAZIZ CENTER FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE

  

  Video Released by King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue Asks Youth to Rethink Biases

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 12. 2015

  A powerful video campaign released by the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue asks Saudi youth to rethink their biases.

• Yemen

  

  Is it Crunch Time for Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Operation?

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 11. 2015

  In an analysis in Reuters, Angus McDowall writes that following Saudi Arabia's inability to significantly tip the scales in Yemen with airstrikes, the limited options for Saudi Arabia's leadership come with high risks.

• Economy

  

  NCB: Saudi real GDP to grow 3.4 percent in 2015

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 10. 2015

  Saudi Arabia will face a moderate business cycle during 2015 and 2016, growing around 3% in real terms, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) said.

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  Level of Turmoil in Middle East at ‘Highest Point in 50 years’, Gulf Expert Writes in Politico Magazine

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 5. 2015

• Security

  

  Cash Reward Offered for Wanted Men Connected to Mosque Bombings

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 4. 2015

  Saudi Arabia's government offered a $1.3m cash reward for men connected to bombings at mosques in the past two weeks, saying that "[a]nyone dealing with the wanted men will be held accountable."