Analysis

• SOCIAL MEDIA

  Op-Ed: Block of WhatsApp, Skype Flunks Smart Phones

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 2. 2013

  It is unknown whether the ban will actually happen, and if the ban takes effect, if Saudis will switch to other competing services.

• POLITICS

  

  Meet Joseph W. Westphal, the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 22. 2013

  Army Under Secretary Joseph W. Westphal, the second-highest ranking Army civilian, is the front-runner to be the next U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, according to a report.

• BUSINESS

  

  The Remarkable Photos of SUSTG Student Ambassador Khalid Habash Show A Unique Perspective of the U.S.-Saudi Forum

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 20. 2013

  In Los Angeles, Khalid was part of the Student Ambassador Program’s Audio/Visual team and spearheaded a team of talented photographers and videographers tasked with documenting the Forum.

• POLITICS

  

  The Staying Power of Gulf Monarchies: Why the Middle East’s Monarchies Survived the Arab Spring

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 17. 2013

  The Gulf monarchies that "have been written off for decades as anachronisms" have outlasted many of their republican neighbors, Gause argues, because a combination of "hydrocarbon wealth and coalitions of domestic and international allies – their basic sources of strength - remain intact."

• BUSINESS

  Photo Essay: U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles

  SUSTG Team  |  10. 15. 2013

  Last week, SUSTG featured an initial round of images from the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum hosted in Los Angeles last month.

• DEFENSE

  

  Steve Clemons Interviews Defense Secretary Hagel: ‘Still Sergeant Hagel After All These Years’

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 12. 2013

  When asked by Clemons about the strategic picture and foreign policy issues in the rapidly developing Middle East region, Hagel discussed how foreign policy decisions are typically made.

• AIRLINES

  

  RUH -> LAX: Saudia Expands Nonstop Portfolio to Los Angeles, California

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 10. 2013

  The announcement was advertised to attendees of the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, where Saudia had a physical presence to make the attendees aware of the new service.

• SOCIAL MEDIA

  

  Social Media: Connecting U.S.-Saudi Forum Attendees, Speakers, and Followers Around the World

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 2. 2013

  The Saudi-US Trade Group (SUSTG), in coordination with the top-flight Saudi members of the SUSTG's Student Ambassador Program, organized this social media effort across all major platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, and LinkedIn.

• ECONOMY

  U.S. Commerce Secretary: Saudi Economy at an ‘Exciting moment as it moves to a more knowledge-based economy’ – VIDEO

  Lucien Zeigler  |  9. 23. 2013

  In her keynote address to the U.S.-Saudi Business Opportunities Forum in Los Angeles, the Honorable Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, noted that the United States and Saudi Arabia have a strong trade and investment relationship which has tripled in the last decade.