InfoTrac Activities Reform in Saudi Arabia Like many countries, the government of Saudi Arabia faces pressures for increased participation. What is the current nature of the Saudi political system? Which groups are currently calling for reforms? What movement has been made toward reforms? What factors support increasing reform? Which factors oppose increasing reform? Here are some articles to get you started. Find them through Keyword searches or by entering "Saudi Arabia" in the Subject Guide, and then going to subdivision "politics and government" and other relevant subdivisions. The limits of reform; Saudi Arabia. (Why six Saudi liberals are in jail) The Economist (US) March 27, 2004 v370 i8368 p47US (576 words) Taking the long view: key political and economic reforms are becoming stuck in the machinery of government in Saudi Arabia, amid fears that reformist intentions are outrunning the ability to deliver. (Saudi Arabia)(Cover Story) Digby Lidstone. MEED Middle East Economic Digest March 19, 2004 v48 i12 p4(2) (1845 words) Debating reform: internal and external pressures on the government are growing as voices for and against reform grow louder. But the government has made it clear that moderation will need to prevail if the process is going to succeed. The question is whether time is on the governments side. (Special report: Saudi Arabia) Oliver Klaus. MEED Middle East Economic Digest Jan 30, 2004 v48 i5 p25(3) (1223 words) THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE. Lawrence Wright. The New Yorker Jan 5, 2004 v79 i41 p048 (20512 words) The Saudi Paradox. Michael Scott Doran. Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2004 v83 i1 p35 (5668 words) King grants more power to the Shoura. (Saudi Arabia) MEED Middle East Economic Digest Dec 5, 2003 v47 i49 p23(1) (453 words) It's Getting Hot In the House of Saud. (political unrest in Saudi Arabia) Stanley Reed. Business Week Nov 24, 2003 i3859 p60 (511 words) Quite a step; Saudi Arabia. (A first step towards democracy in Saudi Arabia) The Economist (US) Oct 18, 2003 v369 i8346 p46US (515 words) Grassroots reform: Saudi Arabia's decision to hold municipal elections took the outside world by surprise, but senior members of the establishment say the seeds of political reform were sown a long time ago. Digby Lidstone. MEED Middle East Economic Digest Oct 17, 2003 v47 i42 p4(2) (1316 words) Inside the Kingdom: SAUDI ARABIA Two years after 9/11, the Saudis are finally cracking down on terrorists at home. But many Americans remain skeptical that the Saudi brand of Islam is compatible with the war against terrorism A SPECIAL REPORT. (11: The Saudis: Friend Or Foe?)(Cover Story) Lisa Beyer. Time Sept 15, 2003 v162 i11 p38 (6082 words) Banking on experience: the new Saudi Arabian cabinet, announced on 30 April, is surprising for how little it changed. Edmund O'Sullivan analyses the shape of the kingdom's top team. (Cover Story: Saudi Arabia). Edmund O'Sullivan. MEED Middle East Economic Digest May 9, 2003 v47 i19 p4(2) (1786 words) The view from the top. (Cover Story: Saudi Arabia). (Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud talks about economic reform in Saudi Arabia)(Interview)(Cover Story) MEED Middle East Economic Digest May 2, 2003 v47 i18 p4(3) (3356 words) Fall of the House of Saud: Americans have long considered Saudi Arabia the one constant in the Arab Middle East ... but that country is run by an increasingly dysfunctional royal family ... Robert Baer. The Atlantic Monthly May 2003 v291 i4 pcover,53-62 (8425 words)