SaudiArabia - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • THE SETTING OF SAUDI ARABIA
  • PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
  • THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, 622-700
  • THE MIDDLE AGES, 700-1500
  • THE SAUD FAMILY AND WAHHABI ISLAM, 1500-1850
  • NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARABIA
  • THE RISE OF ABD AL AZIZ, 1890-1926
  • NATION BUILDING: THE RULE OF ABD AL AZIZ, 1926-1953
  • THE REIGNS OF SAUD AND FAISAL, 1953-75
  • THE REIGN OF KHALID, 1975-82
  • THE REIGN OF FAHD, 1982-
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environoment
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • External Boundaries
  • Topography and Natural Regions
  • The Hijaz and Asir
  • Najd
  • Northern Arabia
  • Eastern Arabia
  • The Great Deserts
  • Water Resources
  • Climate
  • The Environment and the 1991 Persian Gulf War
  • POPULATION
  • Diversity and Social Stratification
  • Cultural Homogeneity and Values
  • Structure of Tribal Groupings
  • Tribe and Monarchy
  • Beduin Economy in Tradition and Change
  • RELIGION
  • Tenets of Sunni Islam
  • Wahhabi Theology
  • Shia
  • Islamism in Saudi Arabia
  • Pilgrimage
  • EDUCATION
  • HEALTH
  • URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • Economic Policy Making
  • Economic Policy During the Oil Boom, 1974-85
  • Economic Policy after the 1986 Oil-Price Crash
  • Economic Policy in the 1990s
  • Five-Year Plans
  • Changing Structure of the Economy
  • LABOR
  • OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
  • Brief History
  • Oil Industry in the 1990s
  • Crude Oil Production and Pricing Policy
  • Crude Oil Reserves and Production Capacity
  • Gas Reserves and Production Capacity
  • Crude Oil Production and Exports
  • Petroleum Refining Capacity, Production, Consumption, and Exports
  • Master Gas System
  • Upstream Development Plans
  • Downstream Development Plans
  • Hydrocarbon Sector Transport and Storage Facilities
  • NON-OIL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
  • Utilities
  • Mining and Quarrying
  • Manufacturing
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • Telecommunications
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Traditional Agriculture and Pastoral Nomadism
  • Modern Agriculture
  • MONEY AND BANKING
  • EXTERNAL TRADE AND FINANCE
  • Current Account
  • Capital Account
  • Foreign Assets and Liabilities
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
  • The King
  • The Royal Diwan
  • The Council of Ministers
  • The Civil Service and Independent Agencies
  • The Legal System
  • Local Government
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  • The Ulama
  • Other Groups
  • MEDIA
  • FOREIGN POLICY
  • Regional Security
  • Relations with Iraq
  • Relations with Iran
  • Relations with the GCC Countries
  • Relations with Yemen
  • Relations with Jordan
  • Relations with the United States
  • Arab Nationalism
  • Arab Unity
  • The Palestinians
  • The Arab-Israeli Conflict
  • Islam
  • Chapter 5. National Security
  • HISTORICAL ROLE OF THE ARMED FORCES
  • The Ikhwan Movement
  • World War II and Its Aftermath
  • Naval Warfare in the Persian Gulf, 1987
  • Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • SECURITY PERCEPTIONS AND POLICIES
  • Collective Security under the Gulf Cooperation Council
  • THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY
  • THE ARMED FORCES
  • Royal Saudi Land Forces
  • Royal Saudi Air Force
  • Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces
  • Royal Saudi Naval Forces
  • Saudi Arabian National Guard
  • Training
  • Personnel and Conditions of Service
  • Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
  • Military Justice
  • DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
  • FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT AND INFLUENCE
  • Cooperation with the United States
  • Cooperation with Other Countries
  • Western Cooperation in Domestic Arms Production
  • PUBLIC ORDER AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
  • Law Enforcement
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Crime and Punishment
  • Prison Conditions
  • Human Rights

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