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The widening gulf

Feb 3rd 2007

From The Economist print edition

Amid Sunni fears of a growing �Shia arc�, tensions between the main Muslim sects are widening, while some governments are exploiting them ... more


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Saudi Arabia's telecom spring
Saudi Arabia's telecoms market is one of the most open in the Middle East
Jan 30th 2007

Saudi Arabia's economy
The stockmarket is on the slide again, but in the service of better governance
Jan 14th 2007

A power struggle among the Saudis?
Does an abrupt ambassadorial exit presage a fresh struggle for power?
Dec 21st 2006

Health and the haj
Pious travel is always a brush with mortality—but some risks can be reduced
Dec 14th 2006

Reshuffle in Saudi Arabia
The outgoing ambassador to America might become foreign minister
Dec 11th 2006

Global imbalances

Why Henry Paulson should have gone to the Middle East not China
Dec 7th 2006

Saudi Arabia
Looking at religion within the Saudi kingdom
Nov 30th 2006

A Saudi arms deal
Imperilled by a fraud investigation
Nov 30th 2006

Saudi Arabia's persistent ills
High oil prices have brought the Saudi kingdom a windfall of cash. But they can't solve its deep-rooted problems, including its royal feuding
Oct 19th 2006

Rejectionists in the Arab world
Resistance to the West, and rejection of Israel, are the pillars of a rapidly strengthening alliance in the world's most volatile region
Oct 19th 2006

Arab reaction to the Lebanese conflict

The longer the war goes on, the stronger the Islamists and those who reject peace with Israel are becoming across the region
Aug 3rd 2006

Yasser Talal al-Zahrani
A prisoner in Guant�namo Bay
Jun 15th 2006

Gulf stockmarkets

Arab investors' roller-coaster ride
May 18th 2006

Saudi Arabia is slowly changing

Life in Saudi Arabia may look the same as it always was, but it's not
May 4th 2006

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With the Economist Intelligence Unit

Forecast
The political and economic outlook

Factsheet
Basic data

Economic data
Ten economic indicators over four years. Downloadable as a spreadsheet

Political structure
The political system described, and the names of all cabinet ministers

Political forces
Political parties and groupings, plus the names and roles of key political actors

Economic structure
Economic strengths and weaknesses, products and markets, and comparisons with similar economies

A long walk
A survey of Saudi Arabia
Jan 5th 2006

Saudi Arabia seems a law unto itself: rich, unequal, uncompromising and unchanging. But, cautiously and almost imperceptibly, it is moving forward, says Max Rodenbeck ... more