Analysis

• TRANSPORTATION

  Saudi Arabia Ghazal Defies Camels as SUV for Desert Market

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 16. 2012

  Saudi Arabia is venturing into a territory normally reserved for automakers. The kingdom is developing the Ghazal, a sport-utility vehicle for the hazards of the desert, to diversify its economy beyond oil.

• SPORTS

  Sarah Attar Is a Saudi Trailblazer, By Way of the U.S.

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 14. 2012

  One of the first women to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics was born and raised in California.

• SOCIAL MEDIA

  Living Social

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 13. 2012

  In their pursuit to be where the young consum­ers are, brands have long identified social media as a crucial place to establish a presence. Where else will you find huge numbers of youngsters highly active and engaged?

• SPORTS

  Saudi Arabia to Send Olympic Women Athletes for First Time

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 12. 2012

  Saudi Arabia will send female athletes to the Olympic Games for the first time, the International Olympic Committee said, ending a ban by the kingdom where women aren’t allowed to drive.

• ENERGY

  Saudi Arabia Weighs Annual Budget to Boost Clean Energy

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 12. 2012

  An annual budget for renewables would differ from the feed- in tariffs that Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Britain offered to spur solar and wind power in their nations.

• OIL

  Saudi Arabia wins oil battle against Iran

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 12. 2012

  It seems that the first round in the series of the ferocious battles between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two giant oil-exporting countries, was settled in favor of the latter.

• POLITICS

  Showing Pragmatism, Egypt’s Morsi Looks to Saudi

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 11. 2012

  Nonetheless, the Egyptian government’s announcement that President Mohammed Morsi’s first foreign visit will take him to Saudi Arabia came as something of a surprise.

• NATURAL RESOURCES

  Underground in Arabia

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 11. 2012

  In 1983, John Pint, an American teaching English at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), was wandering around the flat, featureless desert north of Riyadh when he discovered a hole the size of a serving platter. Air was blowing out of the hole, the sign of a cave below.

• ENERGY

  Saudi Aramco to invest in new energy ventures

  Lucien Zeigler  |  7. 9. 2012

  Saudi Aramco has launched an investment arm to buy into companies that have developed technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Arabia and speed their deployment in the kingdom, the state-run energy group said.