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Gulf non-oil exports are doing more, but have more to do

Saudi Arabia and the UAE lead the region in this key diversification indicator, as China and India emerge as key partners

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 26 November 2025
Al Majalla

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 16 August 2025
Al Majalla

How Saudi Arabia harnessed its oil boom to foster development

The first in a two-part series explains how the country capitalised on its black gold decades ago to expand its economy horizontally, a stunning success that paved the way for Vision 2030

Hussein al-Sharaa 14 August 2025
Al Majalla

Gulf economies in 2024: Overcoming challenges and fostering growth

Like Saudi Arabia, Gulf states should update their investment laws to help incentivise FDI, which is crucial to developing key sectors in their economies

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 29 December 2024
Diana Estefanía Rubio

PIF: The main driver of Saudi Arabia's economic transformation

The PIF has been the primary driver for meeting the needs of Vision 2030, attracting foreign investments, and enhancing local content by increasing the private sector's contribution to its portfolio…

Al Majalla - London 17 October 2024
A series of seemingly endless crises gripping most Arab countries outside the Gulf have widened an already considerable economic gap between the two regions. Mona Eing

Worlds apart: A tale of two Mideast economies 

Gulf countries' success in achieving sustainable economic development will benefit most countries in the region

Alaa Shahine Salha 10 June 2024
Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen raises his 1st-place trophy on the podium after the 2022 Saudi Arabia Formula One Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 27, 2022. AP

Why Saudi Arabia is investing in sports

Investing in sports is not only part of Saudi Arabia's overall diversification strategy, but it also helps boost related sectors like hospitality and tourism

Lina Khatib 28 May 2024
The choice to hold the World Economic Forum (WEF) outside of Davos wasn't coincidental. It came as the Middle East reals from multiple crises and conflicts, in contrast to Saudi Arabia, which shines as a beacon of stability.  Al Majalla

'Davos in Riyadh' charts a course to a thriving global economy

Halfway into Vision 2030, the Saudi economy recorded steady progress and made impressive strides toward a prosperous future

Khaled Kassar 30 April 2024
Riyadh wants Tunisia's help to build futuristic cities, but domestic issues and mismanaged funds complicate efforts. Al Majalla explains. Ewan White

Will Saudi Arabia's $1bn Tunisia investment pay off?

Riyadh wants Tunisia's help to build futuristic cities, but domestic issues and mismanaged funds complicate efforts. Al Majalla explains.

Kawthar Zantour 06 February 2024
Discoveries have increased the Kingdom’s reserves of an alternative means of electricity generation, helping it move away from liquid fuel and toward a bigger role in the global market. Axel Rangel Garcia

Gas-powered growth: Saudi Arabia takes oil know-how to new markets

Discoveries have increased the Kingdom's reserves of an alternative means of electricity generation, helping it move away from liquid fuel and toward a bigger role in the global market.

Faisal Faeq 27 December 2023
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In this image, taken from a video provided by the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service on 21 May 2026, a Russian navy seaman takes part in drills of Russia's nuclear forces. Russian Defence Ministry Press Service/AP
Politics

Russia’s timely reminder of its vast nuclear arsenal

03 June 2026

Military exercises in Belarus at an unusual time of year seem designed in part to make Moscow's adversaries think twice

Khattar Abu Diab
Opinion

Has Trump's patience with Netanyahu run out?

04 June 2026

The Israeli leader's intransigence is proving deeply problematic for the White House, so much so that Trump swore at him on a recent phone call

Con Coughlin
Units of Moqtada Sadr's militia parade with his photo down a main street of the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City June 21, 2014, in Eastern Baghdad. Washington Post
Politics

Sadr once again dismantles his armed militia. Why now?

03 June 2026

The decision to dismantle the Peace Brigades may herald a new stage in the Iraqi state's trajectory, or it could just be a shrewd recalibration to disorient friend and foe alike

Khairuldeen Al Makhzoomi
Adrián Astorgano
Business & Economy

Why people flock to the dollar when local currencies collapse

05 June 2026

An estimated 60% of all US banknotes in circulation are held outside the United States. In many parts of the world, the dollar is effectively the unofficial local currency. Al Majalla explains why.

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A Royal Caribbean cruise sails into the Havana harbour on 6 May 2019, after the activation of Chapter III of the Helms-Burton Act, which sought to intensify the US blockade against Cuba. YAMIL LAGE / AFP
Politics

Cuba, lawfare, and Trump’s Venezuela temptation

02 June 2026

A new American legal ruling turns the screw on the Caribbean island nation by increasing the risks companies face by continuing to make money there. This is all part of the plan.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra

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