Saudi Arabia

Saudization and Migrants

Worried by high unemployment, Saudi Arabia is introducing quotas for foreign workers. How will it hit Asian workers?

India Gets Close to Saudi Arabia

An expected new energy partnership between India and Saudi Arabia highlights warming ties between them.

Short-sighted US Nuclear Policy

The nuclear deals being negotiated with Jordan and Saudi Arabia underscore US inconsistency on non-proliferation policy.

WikiLeaks’ Awkward Reading for Iran

The interesting thing about the revelations over Iran’s neighbours is just how far they’d go to stop it from acquiring a nuclear bomb.

China Courts Islamic World

China’s new rail line connecting Mecca with nine holy sites in Saudi Arabia is a project India can learn from.

Saudis Whistling Past a Graveyard?

Michael Scheuer takes The Diplomat just outside its regular beat for a closer look at Saudi Arabia. Still the biggest oil supplier to Asia’s largest economies, is the kingdom really as stable as its leaders like to make out?

New Friends?

Is the visit this week by Manmohan Singh to Saudi Arabia a sign of a budding friendship?