Saudi Arabia Study & Guide - AllRefer - Saudi Arabia Information

* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* INTRODUCTION
* Historical Setting
o THE SETTING OF SAUDI ARABIA
o PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD
o THE EARLY ISLAMIC PERIOD, 622-700
o THE MIDDLE AGES, 700-1500
o THE SAUD FAMILY AND WAHHABI ISLAM, 1500-1850
o NINETEENTH-CENTURY ARABIA
o THE RISE OF ABD AL AZIZ, 1890-1926
o NATION BUILDING: THE RULE OF ABD AL AZIZ, 1926-1953
o THE REIGNS OF SAUD AND FAISAL, 1953-75
o THE REIGN OF KHALID, 1975-82
o THE REIGN OF FAHD, 1982-
* The Society and Its Environoment
o 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
o 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
o RELIGION
+ Early Development of Islam
+ Tenets of Sunni Islam
+ Wahhabi Theology
+ Shia
+ Islamism in Saudi Arabia
+ Pilgrimage
o EDUCATION
o HEALTH
o URBANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT
* The Economy
o 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
o LABOR
o 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
o NON-OIL INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
+ Utilities
+ Mining and Quarrying
+ Manufacturing
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
+ Transportation
+ Telecommunications
o AGRICULTURE
+ Traditional Agriculture and Pastoral Nomadism
+ Modern Agriculture
o MONEY AND BANKING
o EXTERNAL TRADE AND FINANCE
+ Foreign Trade
+ Current Account
+ Capital Account
+ Foreign Assets and Liabilities
* Government and Politics
o STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
+ The King
+ The Royal Diwan
+ The Council of Ministers
+ The Civil Service and Independent Agencies
+ The Legal System
+ Local Government
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ The Royal Family
+ The Ulama
+ Other Groups
o MEDIA
o 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
* National Security
o 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
o SECURITY PERCEPTIONS AND POLICIES
+ The Military Threat
+ Collective Security under the Gulf Cooperation Council
o THREATS TO INTERNAL SECURITY
o 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
o DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
o FOREIGN INVOLVEMENT AND INFLUENCE
+ Cooperation with the United States
+ Cooperation with Other Countries
+ Western Cooperation in Domestic Arms Production
o PUBLIC ORDER AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
+ Law Enforcement
+ Criminal Justice System
+ Crime and Punishment
+ Prison Conditions
+ Human Rights
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary