Analysis

• POLITICS

  The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran

  SUSTG Team  |  8. 8. 2012

  A new book on the long confrontation between the US and Iran blames the George W. Bush administration for squandering opportunities to improve relations with Tehran and invading Iraq in 2003 without recognizing that Iran would wind up being the power broker in that country.

• OIL

  Graph of the Day – Saudi Oil Production Since 2008

  Lucien Zeigler  |  8. 6. 2012

  Jadwa Investment’s recently released Chartbook for the month of August 2012 found that the Saudi Arabian economy overall remained “robust.” Included in that report is a look at the oil sector in Saudi Arabia.

• EDUCATION

  Saudi students to establish Islamic center at Murray State University

  Lucien Zeigler  |  8. 4. 2012

  Saudi students at Murray State University in Kentucky have received a license to establish an Islamic center where they can organize cultural and social programs along with observing religious rites.

• ECONOMY

  Jadwa Saudi Chartbook: Inflation at 10 Month Low

  Lucien Zeigler  |  8. 3. 2012

  On the subject of inflation in Saudi Arabia, Jadwa found “year-on-year inflation slowed to a 10-month low in June, owing to a fall in rental inflation. Most other components of the cost of living index were little changed in year-on-year terms.”

• SECURITY

  Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels

  Lucien Zeigler  |  8. 2. 2012

  President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing U.S. support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said.

• BANKING

  Jadwa Saudi Chartbook for August 2012: Banking Indicators

  Lucien Zeigler  |  8. 1. 2012

  On the subject of banking indicators in Saudi Arabia, Jadwa found that “bank lending to the private sector jumped in June.

• CONSTRUCTION

  ‘There is a large infrastructure boom happening in Saudi Arabia’

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 31. 2012

  Saudi Arabia is spending more than $60 billion on a logistics hub, airport improvement and roads to reduce travel time in the Arab world’s biggest economy.

• FINANCE

  Wealth Management in the Middle East: Boon or Bust?

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 31. 2012

  Middle Eastern policymakers and bankers will develop an indigenous wealth management industry which keeps the super-wealthy’s investments at home.

• EDUCATION

  Saudi Students Flood In as U.S. Reopens Door

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 28. 2012

  The more than 300 graduates gathered at a hotel overlooking the Potomac River were all from Saudi Arabia, part of a massive government-paid foreign study program to earn bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees and return home to help run their country.