Analysis

POLITICS

Several Prominent Saudi Voices Continue to Express Discontent with Western Policies toward Iran, Syria

• Lucien Zeigler
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• 12. 18. 2013

The need to pursue its own interests is, as the Ambassador wrote, part of Saudi Arabia’s “enormous responsibilities within the region, as the cradle of Islam and one of the Arab world’s most significant political powers" and that the challenges have "tested" the decades-long alliances.

• BUSINESS

  

  Walid Abukhaled to Head Northrop Grumman KSA

  Lucien Zeigler  |  12. 16. 2013

  H.E. Mr. Abukhaled, who spoke in September at the 2013 U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, California, was former head of General Electric for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain before joining the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Commerce and Industry under H.E. Dr. Tawfig Al Rabiah.

• SACM Confirms Dates for 2014 Job Fair and Graduation Ceremony, Launches New Website

  Lucien Zeigler  |  12. 13. 2013

• FOREIGN RELATIONS

  

  UPDATE: Saudi Arabia Declines Seat on the U.N. Security Council for Two Year Term

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 17. 2013

  Reuters reports that a "decision of such magnitude would have to have been taken by King Abdullah or Crown Prince Salman," citing a Saudi analyst who asked not to be named.

• Olympic-Sized Water Bill: Saudi’s NWC Signs Agreement to Provide Water to Prince Alwaleed’s Kingdom Tower Jeddah

  Lucien Zeigler  |  4. 29. 2013

• Rare Photo Shows View from Top of Albraj al Bait, the ‘Mecca Clock Tower’

  Lucien Zeigler  |  4. 29. 2013

• TOURISM

  

  Mecca has five times more hotel rooms than any other Saudi city

  Lucien Zeigler  |  4. 2. 2014

  Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has more than five times as many hotels as any other city in Saudi Arabia, according to a lengthy report on the Saudi tourism sector in Arab News.

• NUCLEAR

  

  Are U.S. Companies Missing Out on a Saudi Nuclear Bonanza?

  Lucien Zeigler  |  4. 25. 2013

  With an estimated $112 billion in opportunities in Saudi Arabia’s nuclear sector international companies are actively positioning themselves contracts to build 16 reactors in the coming decades.

• RIYADH

  

  These Amazing Instagrams Show How Much Saudi Arabia’s Capital Riyadh Has Grown in the Last Decade

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 30. 2013

  Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, has undergone dramatic growth and modernization during the last decade - an extraordinary period of economic expansion and population growth. Riyadh's population now exceeds 5 million with its metropolitan area claiming close to 7 million people.

• Riyadh Floods

  

  Saudi Flood Toll: 11 killed, 4 still missing

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 21. 2013

  Floods that have ravaged Saudi Arabia from its capital, Riyadh, to regions in the Kingdom's Eastern Province have claimed 11 lives, with four individuals unaccounted for.