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Commentary, research insights, and analysis on Saudi development, food security, governance, and international relations.
Agricultural Development Strategies: the Saudi experience
The ongoing food crisis due to Covid 19 Pandemic, Climate change and Russia Ukraine war prompted me to re-publish Agricultural Development Strategies: the Saudi experience. World leaders are concern...
Saudi Vision 2030 evaluation
Following the collapse of oil prices in mid-2014 and the pressure to balance the fiscal budget, the Saudi leadership headed by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed launched Saudi Vision 2030. Saudi V...
Preventing future food security crises in the Arab world
> World food prices are increasing, but Saudi Arabia’s reserves of strategic food crops are enabling it to weather the associated threat to food security By: Turki Faisal Al Rasheed September 01, 20...
The US needs KSA and OPEC+ to stabilize oil prices
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a considerable impact on oil and gas prices. Russia is the main gas supplier to Europe that passes through Ukraine, and it is a member of OPEC+, a consortium of oi...
Why urban farming is the need of the hour in the pandemic era
Why urban farming is the need of the hour in the pandemic era > Urban agriculture is the cultivation of vegetables and plants, and the raising of animals, poultry and fish within and around city li...
Human Rights and Human Basic Needs
> Can an economy based on human rights provide the necessary needs for human beings? We celebrate International Human Rights Day 2021 under the theme Equality: That “All human beings are born fr...
Egyptian agriculture: Incentives, obstacles
Egypt has an abundance of fertile agricultural lands and plenty of irrigation waters (Nile River, streams, rain waters and underground waters). The weather is favorable for the natural growth of vario...
Dr. Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed to deliver talk at Cairo Water Week
> Could private investment contribute to just resilience and food security in climate-affected agriculture? Gulf-East Africa linkages. > > > > > > Water, Population and Global Changes: Challe...
Food Security in Saudi Arabia
Securing Food Considering the Impacts of Global Warming At a recent conference sponsored by the US government and the EU, Dr. Rasheed delivered a talk about food security in Saudi Arabia in relat...
Saudi businessman underlines role of leadership in crisis management at Horasis India meet
Strategic Management Strategy for Crisis and Disaster Horasis India Meeting co-hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Horasis, the global visions community, held its annual Hora...