Analysis

• Sadara

  

  Despite Falling Oil Prices, Saudi-Dow Chemical $20 Billion Chemical Plant Going Ahead

  Lucien Zeigler  |  2. 17. 2015

  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.

• FocusKSA

  

  SUSTG/SUSRIS Exclusive: Gulf Experts Fahad Nazer and Theodore Karasik Discuss Saudi Arabia’s New Leadership and Implications for Domestic, Regional Challenges

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 16. 2015

  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.

• Saudi-Yemen

  

  For Saudi Arabia, Instability in Yemen Poses Political, Security, and Economic Challenges

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 11. 2015

  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.

• Low Oil Prices

  

  Saudi Arabia’s Golden Opportunity to Reform Energy Subsidies

  Lucien Zeigler  |  2. 5. 2015

  With low oil prices, Saudi Arabia and other energy producers that subsidize domestic prices have a golden opportunity to reform those schemes. Will they?

• Daesh

  

  With Regional Challenges Mounting, Prominent Saudi Journalist Calls for ‘Saudi-American-Turkish Cooperation’ for Stability in the Middle East

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 4. 2015

  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.

• Ashmore Investment

  

  Ashmore: New Saudi State Spending Announced Under King Salman Estimated at $32.3b

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 3. 2015

  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.

• Alarab News Channel

  

  Saudi Prince Alwaleed’s Alarab Newschannel Launches, Then Goes Dark After Controversial Interview

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 2. 2015

  Saudi Prince Alwaleed's long anticipated news channel Alarab launched on Sunday, but promptly went dark on Monday after airing an interview with a Bahraini opposition leader, according to reports.

• Saudi Government

  

  King Salman Restructures Government with Major Changes to Ministers and Other Government Bodies

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 30. 2015

  Yesterday, Saudi Arabia's new King Salman issued a series of royal decrees that restructures the government ministers, "eliminating numerous government bodies, establishing new government bodies and merging the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Education and much more."

• Jadwa Investment

  

  Jadwa’s Quarterly Oil Market Update for Q4 2014 Finds ‘Clear’ Strategy to Maintain Market Share

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 28. 2015

  In a recently released note by Riyadh-based Jadwa Investment, the bank finds a "clear" Saudi strategy to maintain market share with pressures on prices expected in Q1 2015.