26-29 September: Affordable Housing Development Summit Middle East, Manama
27-28 September: Unconventional Gas, London
3-5 October: Middle East Investments Summit 2010, Dubai
3-6 October: SWPF - Saudi Water & Power Forum 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Saudi Arabia
3-7 October: Funds Forum Middle East, Bahrain
4-6 October: POWER-GEN Middle East 2010, Doha, Qatar
10-12 October: The 3rd annual Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, Dammam
11-12 October: Unconventional Oil 2010, London
12-14 October: Offshore Middle East 2010: The 3rd Annual Offshore Middle East Conference & Exhibition, Doha
18-19 October: Maghreb/Middle East Renewable Energy Conference, Marrakech
24-27 October: MENA Mining Congress 2010, Dubai
26-28 October: Iraq Mega Projects 2010 Conference & Exhibition, Istanbul
27-28 October: Gas to Liquids 2010, London
21-23 November: Private Equity World MENA 2010, Dubai
29 November-1 December: Iraq Petroleum 2010 Conference, London
6-8 December: Smart Grids Middle East, Dubai
Untitled Page
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia is a GSN special report published on 8 January 2010. The new report analyses Saudi policy on issues including succession, domestic and regional politics, defence, energy and financial trends, and features extensively researched biographical entries on 1,200 Al-Sauds from the ruling family’s main branch, together with profiles of leading cadet branch businessmen, and a range of maps and graphics.
London launch
GSN’s new special report Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia was launched to great acclaim at a 15 January seminar in London hosted and co-organised by Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme. Senior figures from the banking, insurance and risk sectors joined industry and governmental political risk analysts for a frank roundtable discussion of the issues raised by a report that was recognised by discussants – who included Exeter University Professor Gerd Nonneman, political scientist Neil Partrick, Saudi academic Mai Yamani and Chatham House’s Maha Azzam and Claire Spencer – as a significant piece of research and analysis, which “raised the bar” for those researching the Kingdom. Read more about the event.
About the report
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia focuses on how King Abdullah Bin Abdelaziz has sought to reshape the face of Al-Saud rule during his first five years on the throne through initiatives such as creating the Allegiance Council in 2006 and building national consensus on issues critical for the Kingdom’s future.
The report has a strong focus on the emergence of new generations, including the grandsons of Ibn Saud, who barring unforeseen regime change will eventually take on the senior leadership positions. Some of these princes are already their fathers’ deputies with a likelihood of succeeding them to key posts. This trend is especially marked among the ‘security princes’ who include the now prominent deputy interior minister Mohammed Bin Nayef, Saudi Arabian National Guard deputy commander Mitab Bin Abdullah and deputy defence minister Khalid Bin Sultan.
Politics, succession and risk in Saudi Arabia will help you understand how the House of Saud works and is preparing for its future. Part one of the report gives The Context in which policy and security decisions are made, with analysis of subjects as diverse as social trends, defence procurement and energy policy-makers. Part two, The Succession, revolves around a biographical listing of Ibn Saud’s sons (and some daughters), grandsons and subsequent generations, showing how princes of the ruling family’s various branches are to be found across Saudi political, economic and social life. With genealogical data, this extensively researched list of some 1,200 royals analyses the relationships between the family’s cadet and main branches.
Providing rare insights into the structure and workings of the Saudi elite, this report is essential reading for anyone with a serious academic or business interest in Saudi Arabia.
