Saudi Arabia’s military fighting force is quite similar to the United States of America. Since the 1950s “The United States has explicitly vowed to help defend the kingdom against external threats,” even after September 11, 2001, and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Bronson, 3). As time passed, Soviet forces that assisted Egypt in piercing Saudi Arabian borders which American forces immediately backed Saudi Arabia …show more content…
Similar yet different to American government, Saudi Arabia’s monarchy is headed by a King who is also the Commander in Chief. The King, from family decent only, chooses a Crown Prince to assist him with his duties who is next in line for King. The Council of Ministers is also known as the King’s Cabinet and consists of 22 ministries that specialize in specific areas; for example, education, foreign policy, security, finance, etc. Consultative Council is the King’s legislative body, “proposes new laws and amends existing ones,” (About Saudi Arabia, 4). The King is a member of the “Saudairi Seven”, a council of seven brothers of Saud, known to also of consolidating …show more content…
“The primary goal was to simplify the system to deal with the requirements of the nation on the verge of the 21st century,” (About Saudi Arabia, 12). Being careful on the Islamic faith and traditions, changes reflected direct obedience. Later the Council approved procedures for election procedures for all members of the King’s branches along with wages. The Council’s overall objective was to have citizen’s be directly involved with their own government’s renewal process, and have the country directly partake in what they may need to seek change in.
Saudi Arabia is facing major environmental issues that are detrimental to industrial growth. As rapid as this country is growing, they are running into issues with keeping potable water resources, the air quality is lessening by the high levels of CO2 released into the atmosphere. Given that they’re the largest exporter of oil owning over a quarter of the world’s oil reserves, it has stressed marine ecosystems along the coastlines as well. They have no plans for waste management which in turn challenges the Kingdom to become cleaner by going