Think - Global Issues in Perspective, published by Motivate Publishing, is the first magazine to be launched by a Middle East publisher in 2010. Targeted at world leaders in business, commerce and industry, the business-lifestyle publication was designed and developed for the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) and will officially debut at the Global Competiveness Forum in Riyadh, January 24-26, 2010 and then it will be distributed at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 27-31.

Publishing Think on behalf of SAGIA is a positive start to the New Year. It complements Motivate's expansive portfolio of leading titles and will be our first magazine for a government department in Saudi Arabia, says Ian Fairservice, Managing Partner of Motivate Publishing.

From the large square format to its inventive, yet factual, approach to topical subjects and expressive images, each element of the publication is designed to inspire readers to re-evaluate their opinions and think about new markets and world opportunities such as those offered in the new Saudi Arabia.

Think provides us with an intellectual, thought-provoking vehicle to present the new Saudi Arabia to the world, says Fahd M Hamidaddin, SAGIA's General Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing.

Think's editorial focus has been designed to inspire readers to rethink and re-examine their opinions on today's vital issues. According to Senior Editor Catherine Belbin, In this issue, Think contemplates sustainable competitiveness to rebuild the world's economic arena, presenting global issues at a time when innovative thinking is essential for success.

The Q1 2010 issue addresses such diverse concerns as the role of competitiveness in today's economic climate as well as the importance of collaboration in expanding technology, the franchising of healthcare and the economic and social roles of corn as a food, feed and fuel. In addition, Think looks at the business of vanity, the newest hotels in the Middle East and ecology as the new wave for super yachts. Each issue will also present a concept for the future and a profile of an international visionary.

With its broad scope and carefully-selected world-wide distribution, Think is ideally positioned to communicate the messages of global entities through advertising, adds Fairservice, noting the change in the economic atmosphere of the region.