Oil has transformed the Middle East from a piece of desert to the center of one of the most strategic resources in the world. Dr. Ellen Wald, author of Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom’s Pursuit of Profit and Power, tells of Saudi Arabia’s goal to retool their economy away from a dependency on oil to hi-tech manufacturing, especially given the inevitable global push towards alternative energies.
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