Tag: Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia’s oil addiction and Vision 2030: A Win-Win Situation
Ruba A. Al-Jarallah | Saudi Arabia wants to transform its economy under the “Vision 2030”. The kingdom would be prepared for a future that is...
Saudi Arabia, an emerging sports power- Aamir Bilal
Aamir Bilal | Historically, Saudi Arabia has played a limited role in international competitive sports. Apart from the interest in Saudi soccer clubs, there has...
Will ‘Vision 2030’ prove to be a savior for the ailing...
Najma Minhas | The last couple of years have been testing times for the Saudi Arabian economy. Middle East’s “Desert Kingdom” has relied exclusively upon...
The first ever ‘Arab Fashion Week’ in Saudi Arabia
News Desk | Saudi Arabia is hosting its first fashion week in Riyadh, as designers from across the region are participating in the four-day event...
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030: Bang for the buck
News Analysis | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) articulated a comprehensive strategy under “Vision 2030”. Prince Mohammed, the son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud,...
How will King Salman’s removal of top military leadership affect the...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has replaced the top military leadership and made new appointments on February 27, 2018 and promoted some younger officials in...
Will ‘vision 2030’ prove to be a savior for the ailing...
Najma Minhas | The last couple of years have been testing times for the Saudi Arabian economy. Middle East’s “Desert Kingdom” has relied exclusively upon...
The Sochi Summit Was A Success, But Plenty Of Serious Challenges...
Andrew Korybko and Hamsa Haddad | President Rouhani’s visit to Sochi to meet with his Russian and Turkish counterparts is being hailed as a success...
Desert Kingdom in transition: Will Muhammad Bin Salman be the real...
News Analysis | In an interview with the Guardian, Saudi crown prince Muhammad Bin Salman said that he will return Saudi Arabia toward moderate Islam,...
Saudi Arabia to build $500 billion city in desert
News Analysis | Saudi Arabia intends to build a new futuristic city, a huge industrial zone in its northeast to integrate with regional economies -...
Saudi Arabia fires extremist Imams from Mosques and seminaries
News Analysis | In a bid to shed the image of Saudi state harboring extremists, Minister of Saudi Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said that Saudi...
Saudi women now allowed to issue Fatwas
News Analysis | In a historic decision passed by the Shura Council, Saudi cleric women are now authorized to issue Fatwas alongside their male counterparts. This extension...
Vision 2030 vs Saudi ultra-conservatives
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia’s lifting of a ban on women’s driving raises a host of questions that transcend the issue of women’s rights...
Saudi Arabia Eases restrictions on messaging apps, but WhatsApp and Viber...
Afef Abrougui | After more than four years of heavy censorship, Saudi Arabia has eased restrictions on the use of internet-based call and messaging (VoIP) applications. In...
Prince Salman: An outlier in the conservative state
M. K. Bhadrakumar | The royal decree of June 21 by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman appointing his son Mohammed bin Salman as the Crown Prince and next...
Ascendance of Prince Salman: Saudi Arabia’s rise or demise?
James M. Dorsey | Saudi King Salman’s appointment of his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as a crown prince at the expense of his nephew, Mohammed...
Mohammed bin Salman becomes the new Crown Prince: Expected divisions in...
Stephen Kalin and William Maclean | Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was elevated to Crown Prince on Wednesday, replacing his cousin in...
Pope Francis’ visit to Egypt: an attempt to resolve differences between...
James M. Dorsey | Billed as a bid to stimulate inter-faith dialogue, Pope Francis, on a visit to Egypt, is tiptoeing through a religious and...
Saudi ultra-conservatives take anti-reform stand on women’s sports
James M. Dorsey | Saudi Arabia’s, ultra conservative, Shura or Advisory Council, in a sign that the kingdom is polarized over Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s...
Saudi needs Vision 2030 NOW: If it intends to survive in...
Saad Masood | Recently it was announced that Saudi Arabia generated a fiscal deficit of about $ 85 billion in the year 2016, which was...
Saudi Women take baby steps in Gym life under Al-Saud’s watchful...
James M. Dorsey | A Saudi decision to license within weeks the kingdom’s first women-only gyms constitutes progress in a country in which women’s rights...
The year Saudi Arabia wants to forget
Saudi Arabia had a bad 2016. Only in the second year of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud's rule, the kingdom faced low oil...