Assessments Aug 3, 2020 | 10:00 GMTAug 3, 2020
As the pandemic continues to sap demand, upticks in OPEC+ supply will undermine efforts to rapidly balance the global market and drain excess inventories.
By Greg Priddy
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Snapshots Jul 20, 2020 | 18:58 GMTJul 20, 2020
By cutting its Citizens' Account Program welfare program, Riyadh risks undermining necessary economic reforms and creating even more subsidies to placate its populace.
Assessments Jun 19, 2020 | 10:00 GMTJun 19, 2020
Riyadh will try to stimulate its tourism industry to curb the blow of this year's likely canceled pilgrimages. But as the pandemic keeps Muslims home, a sustained recovery is unlikely.
By Ryan Bohl
Podcasts Jun 9, 2020 | 09:15 GMTJun 9, 2020
In this Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks with Stratfor's Director, Global Energy and Middle East, Greg Priddy about the Saudi currency peg.
Assessments Jun 8, 2020 | 10:00 GMTJun 8, 2020
Facing severe budgetary strain due to COVID-19 and low oil prices, Riyadh will likely reduce its arms purchases, while avoiding spending cuts that could impede its internal security or the development of its defense sector.
By Ryan Bohl
Snapshots Jun 2, 2020 | 14:41 GMTJun 2, 2020
Given the faster-than-expected recovery in oil prices, OPEC and its allies will reportedly consider a Saudi-Russian compromise to only briefly delay the tapering of current cuts.
Assessments Jun 2, 2020 | 10:00 GMTJun 2, 2020
The current peg of Saudi riyals to the U.S. dollar is not in immediate jeopardy, but a new normal of lower oil prices will likely force the kingdom to devalue its currency in the next five years.
By Greg Priddy
Assessments May 27, 2020 | 10:00 GMTMay 27, 2020
By slashing demand for foreign labor, the global economic fallout from COVID-19 will deprive Gulf countries of some of the highly skilled workers needed to grow and diversify their oil-dependent economies.
On Geopolitics May 22, 2020 | 11:00 GMTMay 22, 2020
While nationalism, economic control and the security forces will work for the government for a while, the longer austerity persists, the less effective they will prove.
By Ryan Bohl
Assessments May 20, 2020 | 10:00 GMTMay 20, 2020
As COVID-19 saps demand, Riyadh is recognizing that it will eventually need to adjust its spending habits to the global oil market, instead of the other way around.
By Greg Priddy
