Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 9

28-Feb-2011

REGIONAL

Regional Unrest Spreads, Concerns Raised Over Saudi Arabia

The political trajectory of Saudi Arabia, the worlds biggest oil exporter, is increasingly a focus of concern as recent popular unrest continues to spread throughout the MENA region. Despite a Facebook call for a day of rage on 11 March, the kingdom is in a different category from others currently wracked by unrest. Saudi Arabias King 'Abd Allah is popular. The economy is...