Now Available: Saudi Arabia Business Forecast Report Q4 2013
BMI Political Risk Ratings The al-Saud regime has proved relatively resilient in the face of the Arab Spring, and the country has for the most part avoided the widespread anti-government demonstrations that swept throughout much of the Middle East and North Africa in 2011. However, the monarchy's position is heavily reliant on a combination of large handouts of cash in the form of public sector wages and subsidies, and a heavy-handed repression of dissent. In the long run, these strategies...
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