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  • Mar 28, 2023
  • 7 min read

China could edge into a wider Mideast diplomatic role

Beijing’s unprecedented direct involvement in the Tehran-Riyadh rapprochement has ignited speculation

Middle East
  • Mar 22, 2023
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Saudi Arabia's foreign policy will avoid controversy

Saudi Arabia will host the Arab League summit in May, focusing on economic issues

Saudi Arabia
  • Mar 8, 2023
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Saudi Arabia will grow its petrochemicals industry

Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and its Chinese counterpart Sinopec have announced cooperation on petrochemical projects

Saudi Arabia
  • Mar 3, 2023
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Saudi Arabian funding will change the business of golf

Saudi Arabia is pouring millions of dollars into a new golf tournament, LIV Golf

Saudi Arabia
  • Mar 15, 2023
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Centralised Saudi rule will help meet economic targets

Saudi Arabia will prioritise implementing its economic modernisation plan, Vision 2030

Saudi Arabia
  • Feb 6, 2023
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Saudi mining sector will grow

It was reported today that the number of mining complexes in Saudi Arabia stood at 377 by the end of 2022

Saudi Arabia
  • Jan 26, 2023
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Expats and Gulf state locals will compete for jobs

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ policies to reduce oil dependency are changing state-society relations

Gulf states
  • Dec 29, 2022
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Workforce localisation will accelerate in Saudi Arabia

More Saudis are entering the private-sector workforce but the public sector accounts for the majority of male employment

Saudi Arabia
  • Dec 14, 2022
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Saudi Arabia will use social media to deter criticism

Saudis are active social media users but state policies constrain political debate and criticism of the government

Saudi Arabia
  • Dec 19, 2022
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World Cup leads to closer ties among Gulf states

Unexpected successes by Arab teams in the 2022 FIFA World Cup boosted sentiments of Arab identity across the region

Gulf states