Analysis

• OIL

  Global Oil Services Firms Schlumberger, Halliburton, Baker Hughes Target Saudi as Growth Market in 2014, Report Says

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 27. 2013

  Citing industry sources, Reuters reports that “at least 160 rigs are currently deployed in Saudi territory and that the world’s top oil exporter plans to raise its rig count to 210 by the end of 2014.”

• ECONOMIC CITIES

  

  Stanford University in California Asks Five Questions of Saudi MBA Alumnus Fahd Al-Rasheed, CEO And Managing Director Of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC)

  Lucien Zeigler  |  4. 3. 2013

  Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) is set to astonish the world when completed, and it is only one of four brand new cities that will be constructed by the Kingdom in the coming years.

• LABOR

  Saudi Ministry of Labor, Human Resources Development Fund to Sponsor Post-Doc at Harvard Kennedy School of Government

  Lucien Zeigler  |  10. 25. 2013

  The accepted applicant will train as a research fellow at the Evidence Based Policy Department at the prestigious Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• 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.