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Saudi Arabia’s impact on the global economy as part of the G20
The 13th meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20) will be held this weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The G20 is a leading forum of the world’s major economies that seeks to develop global policies in order to address current pressing challenges.Saudi Arabia enjoys a privileged position in both economic and geopolitical terms; the Kingdom’s international political and economic importance is reflected in its rising stature on the world stage. G20 members represent all inhabited continents, 85 percent of global economic output, two-thirds of the world’s population and 75 percent of international trade.The annual gathering of leaders from the world’s 19 top industrialized and emerging economies plus the European Union will be held next year in Japan, and in 2020, Saudi Arabia will host...
November 29, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s impact on the global economy as part of the G20

International sanctions must be consistent
Over the last century, international sanctions have become a geopolitical weapon of choice. At interstate level they have had mixed results. The 1940 US-led oil embargo on Japan in the face of its continued aggression in China and Indochina finally convinced Tokyo to attack the United States and Great Britain.More recently, sanctions on apartheid South Africa made a significant but not overwhelming contribution to the end of white rule. Sanctions on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq arguably did succeed in that they caused him to abandon his WMD program. However, the George W. Bush White House deliberately ignored the finding of UN inspectors that they had indeed gone. In the end the sanctions on Iraq only hurt ordinary citizens, as top members of the regime could look after themselves.The Iranian...
November 28, 2018

International sanctions must be consistent

Waleed Shwaila
IDCC: Leading the charge in diabetes awareness
On our planet today, a whopping 400,000,000+ human beings suffer from diabetes. Around 40,000,000 of them reside in the Middle East. And in the past year, there have been about 4,000,000 known-cases of diabetes within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia alone.Every day and in every corner of the world, diabetics face unpleasant challenges. Challenges that induce physical and emotional stress, robbing them of living everyday ordinary lives. The International Diabetes Care Center (IDCC) confronts those challenges, striving to achieve better quality living and effective health management for diabetics.In 2013, the IDCC was founded by Wed Al-Harthy. She derived inspiration from her daughter’s diagnosis, and figured that she would bring a positive out of a negative. She devoted time and energy into...
November 28, 2018

IDCC: Leading the charge in diabetes awareness

Putin plays hardball, again
Vladimir Putin is surely enjoying waiting to see what further retaliation the United States and its allies plan after his latest defiance of international law. Russia’s seizure of three Ukrainian naval vessels seeking to enter the Sea of Azov to reach Ukrainian ports is clearly a deliberately thrown-down gauntlet.The timing is surely significant. On Friday, Putin will be with the world’s other leading heads of state at the G20 meeting in Argentina. President Trump and the Europeans have the option of berating the Russian leader in public. This might provide Putin with the excuse to stage a walk out, thus ratcheting up current tensions a further notch or two. Alternatively, tough talking with the Russian president may take place on the sidelines of the G20.The Moscow line on this latest...
November 28, 2018

Putin plays hardball, again

Know the pill you’re about to pop
Recently a study by one of the Kingdom’s leading universities highlighted the growing number of patients seeking psychiatrist help, and how business was booming for those prescribing the magic pills. The report cautioned that the findings were somewhat tentative, as no previous in-depth study had been undertaken to determine the proportion of people suffering from some kind of mental disorder. The report also suggested that regional developments and uncertainties may have led many to a life of anxiety and depression.On reading the report, I felt that it failed to address the remedial actions that should be taken by those in the medical profession who must deal with such mental anguish. While there are psychiatrists, there seems to be little in the way of local therapeutic help, or...
November 28, 2018

Know the pill you’re about to pop

UN tactics in Hodeida
OkazSadly, the UN came up with the proposal for new negotiations forcing a truce in Hodeida at a time the coalition forces almost liberated the city and its seaport.THIS is not the first time that I write about the obvious complicity of the UN through its envoy to make the Yemen issue more complicated and prolong the crisis, which will be in favor of the Houthi militia, which had seized power in Sanaa with the logistic, strategic and military support of Iran.This complicity is not an assumption anymore but a reality that is proven through the UN proposals with regard to the Yemen crisis and how to deal with it from the time of Jamal Bin Omar to that of Martin Griffiths.Griffiths is now visiting Riyadh to seek the approval of the legitimate Yemeni government to a disastrous proposal for the...
November 28, 2018

UN tactics in Hodeida

Neighborhood centers should serve the community
Okaz newspaper recently reported a statement of Jeddah Governor Prince Mishal Bin Majed. In an address to the residents of Jeddah, Prince Mishal, who is the head of the branch council of the Association of Neighborhood Centers, said: “Preserve neighborhood centers.” He called on residents to actively participate in the activities and programs of centers to increase the cohesion and togetherness of the population of Jeddah in order to make it a more positive and model city.Prince Mishal made the remarks during the signing ceremony of four agreements between the Jeddah Mayoralty and the Association of Neighborhood Centers at the headquarters of the governorate. He said that setting up centers and parks in neighborhoods provides a healthy environment and serves to raise the standard of...
November 28, 2018

Neighborhood centers should serve the community

Sector-wise distribution of jobs
OkazIF we review the map of Saudis working in the private sector and who are registered with the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) and classify them by economic activities, we will find that commerce absorbed 22.8 percent of Saudis, followed by the construction sector at 21.9 percent, social services at 20.2 percent, finance, insurance and real estate at 11.26 percent, oil and mining at 5.41 percent, postal services and communications at 4.5 percent, electricity, gas and water at 2.54 percent and lastly transformative industry at 1.38 percent.These numbers give a true picture on the role of each economic activity in fighting unemployment and creating job opportunities for Saudis. From these figures, we can find that commerce, construction and real estate account for about...
November 27, 2018

Sector-wise distribution of jobs

The Yemen stalemate
OkazThe Houthi militia, as the world knows very well, is the one who is foiling all political initiatives for finding peace in Yemen. It uses any ceasefire to reposition and reorganize.MANY voices in the West, be it politicians, media or human rights organizations, are pointing to the coalition forces fighting to restore legitimacy in Yemen as the ones responsible for the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the country.They put the blame squarely on Saudi Arabia, which is leading the coalition. They pin the primary responsibility for the humanitarian disaster in Yemen on the military operation led by Saudi Arabia, and make it out that the Kingdom does not want any political solution to the Yemeni crisis.They look at it as if the military solution is the only option for Saudi...
November 27, 2018

The Yemen stalemate

Is Islam the political answer?
Since its inception in 1928, we have heard, loud and clear and over and over again, the Brotherhood’s slogan: “Islam is the solution.” It was supposed to be the ultimate promise for our utopian world: If we just had a true Islamic system, we could resolve today’s problems and bring back our past glories.However, it was more of a teaser or a sound bite than a practical program. Still, we took it on blind faith that “those who knew better” would deliver once they were in power. We never doubted their promise or ability.Then, it happened, starting in 1979. First in Iran and Sudan and then in Gaza and Afghanistan, the Islamists finally ruled. Now it was time to demonstrate their century-old cultivated secret recipe for good governance!We waited and waited, patiently and faithfully....
November 27, 2018

Is Islam the political answer?

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