A top priority for King Salman will be to remove lingering disagreements among GCC ranks, as evidenced by a recent high-level summit with his Qatari counterpart, writes Joseph Kechichian in Gulf News.
SUSTG’s Richard Wilson and SUSRIS’ Patrick Ryan held an online discussion with Theodore Karasik and Fahad Nazer to discuss Saudi Arabia’s transition in leadership and the implications for the Kingdom’s domestic, regional policies.
The plant, slated to produce ethylene and polyethylene at first, will be in full production by 2017 despite facing "stiff review" in the face of falling oil prices.
SUSTG's Richard Wilson and SUSRIS' Patrick Ryan held an online discussion with Theodore Karasik and Fahad Nazer to discuss Saudi Arabia's transition in leadership and the implications for the Kingdom's domestic, regional policies.
Instability in Yemen is rising to the top of a list of regional challenges for Saudi Arabia as the Kingdom-backed government falls and Houthi adversaries take over.
With low oil prices, Saudi Arabia and other energy producers that subsidize domestic prices have a golden opportunity to reform those schemes. Will they?
Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and general manager of the Al Arab News Channel has called for broad cooperation and coordination between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States.
In a recently released note from Ashmore Group, the investment firm estimated new spending announced by King Salman at $32.3 billion, with 80% of that as current spending and $5.3 billion in capital expenditure over several years.