Local elections may worsen intra-Palestinian divisions

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lone Wolf ◽  
The Government

Significance The elections were originally scheduled for October 8, but in response to the ruling the government has now announced a four-month delay. Impacts Israel will use Palestinian divisions and Abbas's lack of electoral legitimacy to postpone negotiations further. Despair resulting from internal stagnation and the lack of a peace process is likely to fuel further 'lone wolf' attacks on Israelis. The bar on Mohammad Dahlan may reduce aid to the Palestinians from his backers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia.

Jihadists will slow stabilisation of Yemen's south

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Central Government ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
State Actors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Crown Prince ◽  
Government Authority

Significance The bombing represents the latest setback to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s efforts to stabilise southern Yemen and reinstall the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi. ISG is just one of a number of sub-state actors that have been empowered by the conflict and that will seek to challenge central government authority. Impacts Insecurity in Aden will deal a blow to the legitimacy of the Saudi-backed Hadi government. A major setback in the south will reflect badly on the reputation of Saudi Defence Minister Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Reconstruction efforts in southern Yemen will place increased long-term strain on the Saudi budget in particular. Southern Yemen could emerge as a key battleground in the rivalry between al-Qaida and ISG for leadership of the global jihad.

Yemen will take years to recover from conflict

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Child Malnutrition ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
Political Impact ◽  
The Government

Subject Yemen humanitarian situation. Significance December will mark the ninth month since a coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates started fighting against an alliance of Huthi militants and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdallah Saleh in an attempt to reinstate the government of President Abd Rabbu Hadi Mansour. As a result, over 80% of the country's population of 26 million are in need of emergency assistance, and vital infrastructure has been destroyed. Impacts Yemen's social and political disintegration will deepen, and will be difficult to reverse. Concerns over the the humanitarian crisis's political impact will accelerate efforts to broker an end to the conflict. Traumatic stress, child malnutrition and lost schooling will reduce labour force capabilities for a generation. Reconstruction costs will put further stress on Saudi, UAE finances.

Colombia violence to rise as elections approach

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Major Step ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Government ◽  
Roll Out

Subject Peace process. Significance The 2016 peace deal between the government and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC) was a major step towards ending more than half a century of armed conflict and was hailed by many as the dawn of a new era for Colombia. However, the roll-out of the deal is facing institutional, social and financial challenges amid increasing polarisation fuelled by President Ivan Duque’s attempts to reform the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the transitional justice system created to facilitate the peace process. Impacts The reopening of the debate on the statutory law of the JEP has set a dangerous precedent for future negotiations with other armed groups. Dissident FARC groups constitute a growing threat to security in a number of peripheral regions. Military scandals threaten further to undermine faith in the state’s commitment to peace, encouraging more demobilised rebels to rearm. Acts of intimidation and violence against local community leaders will increase ahead of October’s regional and local elections.

Coalition pressure will fail to stabilise south Yemen

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Material Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Local Branch

Significance That fighting has seen the STC seize control of Aden, theoretically the Hadi government’s interim capital, while clashes have taken place across southern Yemen. The conflict is complicated by the fact that the STC receives material support from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Hadi’s forces are backed by Saudi Arabia. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are nominally partners in a coalition fighting the Huthi forces controlling the north. Impacts The clashes between their respective clients threaten to widen existing fissures in the Saudi-UAE coalition, which they will resist. The fighting will complicate the peace process with the Huthis and encourage them to apply further pressure. Al-Qaida's local branch, which has been dispersed but not destroyed, will exploit instability to regroup.

Southern Yemen deal will require added Saudi pressure

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Significance The government was ejected from the city in clashes with the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) in August. Earlier this month, the sides signed a Saudi-brokered peace deal that provides for power sharing and the government’s return to Aden. Saudi Arabia is now responsible for most of the south: the Saudi military has taken over from departing forces from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Impacts UAE forces stationed away from the areas of recent fighting may remain to support local partners. If it were successfully implemented, the deal would strengthen anti-Huthi forces, either in renewed fighting or in peace negotiations. The Huthis will attempt to disrupt the agreement, not least by launching drone attacks against Saudi forces in Aden.

Unsettled Libyan politics may fuel violence in Tripoli

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Military Commander ◽  
The Government

Significance The violence is indicative of growing friction between local Tripolitanian militias under the influence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and forces now loyal to the Government of National Unity (GNU), which in 2019 rallied from across western Libya to defend the capital from eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar’s siege. Impacts This is a last-ditch act by the UAE’s only remaining military assets in western Libya, and could provoke conflict with Turkish proxies. Violence involving Turkish-backed forces would refocus European attention on Ankara’s role in Libya and reignite pressure for a withdrawal. Renewed violence would end a recent economic revival in Tripoli, created by a period of peace and many reconstruction contracts.

Entrepreneurial mindset and the role of universities as strategic drivers of entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fauzia Jabeen ◽  
Mohd. Nishat Faisal ◽  
Marios I. Katsioloudes
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employment Choice ◽  
Strategic Factors ◽  
Modelling Methodology ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the factors that influence the mindset of youth in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in choosing entrepreneurship as their future employment. It also suggests the pathway to improve the role of the universities as strategic drivers in inducing an entrepreneurial mindset. Design/methodology/approach An exhaustive literature review of extant research followed by an exploratory study was conducted. Furthermore, to understand factors influencing the role of universities, interpretive structural modelling methodology is applied to evolve a hierarchy-based relationship among the strategic factors. Findings The results of empirical research suggest that young people in the UAE rank entrepreneurship as their first employment choice. However, most of them have not attended any formal entrepreneurship-related course in school or in college. The study also suggests that individual and environmental factors influence the entrepreneurial mindset of both males and females in the UAE. The structural model developed in the study indicates that to give an impetus to the entrepreneurial mindset, the government must create a supporting environment with UAE universities playing the role of a catalyst. Practical implications Professional entrepreneurship instruction is seen as a strategic tool to stimulate financial and societal growth. The results could provide insights for both entrepreneurship educators and policymakers and will boost their commitment to promote the entrepreneurial mindset within UAE society by enhancing and developing traits associated with entrepreneurial success. The results support recognition of the factors that induce educational programmes and economic incentives targeted at the development of sustainable entrepreneurial culture and ventures in the UAE. Originality/value The study is an effort to highlight the role of higher education in envisaging and cultivating entrepreneurs in a fast-growing developing country through a survey and a hierarchy-based model.

Institutional logics and risk management practices in government entities: evidence from Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Murr ◽  
Nieves Carrera
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Institutional Logics ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traditional Logic ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
The Government

Purpose This study aims to understand how institutional logics influence the adoption and implementation of risk management (RM) practices by government entities in a non-western, developing country. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on the institutional logics perspective (ILP) to analyze a case study of a government entity in Saudi Arabia. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews, observations and documentary evidence. Findings Findings suggest that the adoption and implementation of RM projects by Saudi governmental agencies was rooted in a traditional logic, even though the catalyst of the government for adopting a RM culture across government agencies was framed within a reform program inspired by a modernization logic. In the entity under investigation, the RM project led to an unstable situation where actors were confronted with these two competing logics. Although the project used manifestations of a modernization logic, the actions of individuals within the organization were embedded in a traditional logic. Research limitations/implications The study is based on a single case study in a specific country, limiting the generalizability of the findings. Originality/value This study provides novel evidence of the adoption and implementation of RM in governmental entities in a developing, non-western, country using ILP. Doing so enhances our knowledge about how managers struggle with competing institutional logics in an underexplored setting and enriches current accounts of key drivers and barriers of RM. It also addresses calls for a deeper understanding of the logics and managerial practices interplay in the public sector.

Factors influencing investor behavior: an empirical study of Saudi Stock Market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Junaid Khawaja ◽  
Zainab Nasser Alharbi
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Investor Behavior ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Past Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The Government

PurposeThe objective of the study is to determine the factors influencing the behavior of investor in Saudi Stock Market.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses correlation analysis, factor analysis, reliability and multiple regression analysis on the primary data collected from 125 investors in Saudi Stock Market through a questionnaire distributed randomly.FindingsThe results indicate that the factors like past performance of the stocks, financial statements, firm status in industry, the reputation of the firm, and expected corporate earnings have significant influence on the behavior of investors. The factor of the image that a certain company has built for itself over the years on the basis of its financial practices is a large influencer of investor decisions as compared to advocate recommendation factors. The investment behavior is not significantly influenced by gender or age; however, it is significantly influenced by educational qualification, professional experience and investment volume.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper limits itself to study the factors that influence the behavior of investors. However, it does not address the issue of investor overconfidence and its implications for Saudi Stock Market.Practical implicationsThis research provides a road map for the investors interested in making their investment decisions by understanding the most influencing factors.Social implicationsThis research has social implications for government agencies to delineate the required legislation to regulate the investors and also to increase market efficiency. The results show that investors are strongly affected by signals from the government.Originality/valueThis research is an original contribution toward the behavioral finance field in Saudi Arabia and can be used as a reference material for investors, companies and government policymakers in Saudi Arabia. This study incorporates investors' individual characteristics and explores factors that influence investor behavior unlike some previous studies using Saudi data.

Saudi Arabia faces long war in Yemen

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Federal System ◽  
Gulf Of Aden ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Roll Back

Significance The Saudi-led coalition has been bombing Yemen since March 26. "Operation Decisive Storm" aims to reinstate the government of President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi and roll back the territorial gains of Huthi forces and their military allies linked to former President Ali Abdallah Saleh. Almost three weeks in, the campaign has impaired and delayed Huthi advances, but has not prevented them from entering Aden and making gains in several parts of Yemen. Impacts Iran has sent two ships to the Gulf of Aden, but will not risk open confrontation with the Arab coalition and United States. Pressure for a humanitarian pause to allow aid deliveries will increase. Degradation of national army and arming of militias will likely lead to a switch of power from centre to regions and a new federal system.

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