Builders have already broken ground on a new $4 billion, 8-hectare project megaproject in Saudi Arabia, consisting of a large lagoon, the first Jack Nicklaus golf course in the Kingdom, and more as part of a larger development.
Pat Ryan of SUSRIS talked with commentator Rami Khouri from the American University in Beirut about the crises sweeping the Middle East in this #FocusKSA discussion.
The government of Saudi Arabia has arrested 88 it says were "on the verge of carrying out operations," news agencies are reporting. The move is the latest in an ongoing crackdown on extremism.
Ultimately, Jadwa sees Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA) taking its cue from the China Securities Regulatory Commission's opening of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2003.
In a recent FocusKSA (a joint Saudi-US Trade Group/SUSRIS.com initiative) interview with Pat Ryan, SUSRIS Editor-in-Chief, former U.S. Ambassador Smith discussed the King Abdullah Scholarship Program and the significant impact that it will have on future generations of Saudis.
In what may be another step in a growing thaw in Saudi-Iranian relations, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian visited Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and met with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al Faisal.
