MUST-READS

• Tadawul
  Saudi stocks resume rise before budget; SABB rockets on bonus shares

  Saudi Arabian stocks resumed rising ahead of the announcement of the kingdom's 2015 state budget, which is now expected to be released on Thursday and to show the government maintaining spending at high levels despite the plunge of oil prices.

• Pakistan and Violence
  The Metrics of Terrorism and Instability in Pakistan

  The report shows that the school attacks are part of a sharply rising overall pattern of terrorism in Pakistan that killed and severely wounded over 7,000 people in Pakistan in 2013, and made Pakistan rank second in the world in total terrorist attacks. It also shows that the Pakistani Taliban or TTP is only one of a mix of violent terrorist groups – although many attacks cannot be attributed to a given group and the Pakistani Taliban still ranked 5th in the world in violence in 2013.

  • NYT - Pakistan's Most Hated Man: Volleyball Player, Child Killer
• Labor
  Saudi campaign to drive out illegals to continue

  “There is no justification for any foreigner to stay in the Kingdom in violation of the labor and residency rules. It is mandatory for all foreigners who want to live in this country to respect its rules and regulations,” he said.

• Iran Negotiations
  Iran says sees more steps ahead in nuclear talks

  U.S. and Iranian diplomats began a two-day meeting in Geneva on Monday to pave the way for resuming broader negotiations involving Iran and six world powers there on Wednesday.

• Global Oil Markets
  How Long Does A ‘Typical’ Oil Downcycle Last?

  BP highlights the fact that it has historically taken up to 2 years for prices to complete a deep decline and then undergo a recovery.

  • Quartz - The real question about oil: What, exactly, is going to blow up?
  • Newsweek - Cheap Oil Puts Russia's Economy in Tailspin
  • Reuters - Supply the key commodity driver as demand takes a back seat: Russell
• Iranian Politics
  Nuclear Negotiations Highlight Iran’s Internal Tensions

  From the political point of view, the Iranian government has so far paid a very high price for their nuclear ambitions. Various power centres within the Iranian political system have openly criticized the country’s nuclear strategy at various periods.

• Labor
  Shortage of Saudi women for textiles, tailoring job

  The Ministry of Labor faces a shortage of qualified Saudi women to replace expatriates in the textiles and tailoring industries, al-Watan reported.

• Women Driving
  Saudi extends detention of women drivers

  Two Saudi women detained nearly a week ago for violating the kingdom's female driving ban were ordered held for 25 more days on Sunday, a relative told The Associated Press.

• Internet Media
  7 ways Saudi Arabia is silencing people online

  Raif Badawi is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Saudi Arabia, mainly for setting up a website. We talk to another local blogger – who has to remain anonymous for their own safety – about different tactics the authorities use to silence people online.

• U.S. Energy
  Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General

  The email exchange from October 2011, obtained through an open-records request, offers a hint of the unprecedented, secretive alliance that Mr. Pruitt and other Republican attorneys general have formed with some of the nation’s top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda, an investigation by The New York Times has found.

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