VOL. XLVII

No 05

02-February-2004

Op-Ed

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Arabia: Devil In The Demography

MEES Gulf Editor Gerald Butt, after a recent visit to Saudi Arabia, assesses some of the issues that the kingdoms nascent reform process will need to tackle.

The possibility of political and economic reform, and general speculation about the kingdoms future, are the subjects dominating public and private discussions in Saudi Arabia these days. The focus of attention of supporters and opponents of reform is the...