How Vision 2030 diversified the Saudi economy

In the second instalment of a two-part series, Al Majalla looks at how Saudi Arabia moved from a horizontal to a vertical development model, powered by an ambitious package of reforms

Hussein al-Sharaa

The Security Risks of a Trade War With China

[caption id="attachment_55257280" align="aligncenter" width="900"] The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) arrives at the Wusong military port on November 16, 2015 in Shanghai, China…

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Climate Extremes and Global Health

[caption id="attachment_55257234" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] An airplane makes a fire retardant drop on a large hill-top home that had caught fire near Cal State San Marcos as crews battle a…

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Trump's Trade War Escalates

[caption id="attachment_55256797" align="alignnone" width="940"] A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong based CSCL East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland on June 20,…

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The Crisis of Currency Rates in Iran

[caption id="attachment_55256302" align="alignnone" width="940"] An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 8, 2018. (Getty Images)[…

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Taiwan Battles a Brain Drain

[caption id="attachment_55256284" align="alignnone" width="940"] Taiwanese high school graduates, wearing headbands reading "Victory", boost their morals in their crammed classroom in Taipei, 27 June…

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Is a Trade War the Only Option?

President Donald Trump’s forays into trade war statecraft—his embrace of steel and aluminum tariffs, and his soon to be revealed tariffs on Chinese products in response to alleged intellectual…

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