SAUDI ARABIA - A Country Study

Country Listing

• Saudi Arabia
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• PREFACE
• COUNTRY PROFILE
  • COUNTRY
  • 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
    • Saudis and Non-Saudis
    • Diversity and Social Stratification
    • Cultural Homogeneity and Values
    • Structure of Tribal Groupings
    • Tribe and Monarchy
    • Beduin Economy in Tradition and Change
  • RELIGION
    • Early Development of Islam
    • 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
    • Fundamental Factors that Transformed 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
      • Structure and Organization
      • 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
    • Transportation
    • Telecommunications
  • AGRICULTURE
    • Traditional Agriculture and Pastoral Nomadism
    • Modern Agriculture
  • MONEY AND BANKING
  • EXTERNAL TRADE AND FINANCE
    • Foreign Trade
    • 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 Royal Family
    • 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
    • Armed Struggle of the House of Saud
    • The Ikhwan Movement
    • World War II and Its Aftermath
    • Naval Warfare in the Persian Gulf, 1987
    • Persian Gulf War, 1991
  • SECURITY PERCEPTIONS AND POLICIES
    • The Military Threat
    • 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
• Appendix. Tables
• Bibliography
• Glossary