In 2016, under Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), Vision 2030 focused on integrating female youth into the economy. Various laws regarding women have been eased down. These include driving laws, guardianship laws, voting rights, travel rights, and ownership rights. Though no women find a ...
Shakespeare in Riyadh 2017, “Princes in the Tower”: Osama’s Brother Bakr bin Laden among those Arrested By Crown Prince MBS November 27, 2017 Why Saudi Public Relations Are So Disastrous November 23, 2017 American Mercenaries Torturing Saudi Elites Rounded Up by Crown Prince, Blackwater Is Al...
Ambassador Bandar Al-Saud’s road show would only sweep on, right past the election and inauguration of President Joe Biden.In late January, she would be at the World Affairs Council in Dallas/Fort Worth and, inMarch, the Houston World Affairs Council. As always, attending would be business...
The crown prince has found favor with the United States and President Donald Trump. The Saudis have recently signed a $110 billion arms agreement to modernize their military. Mohammed bin Salman is the youngest Defense Minister in the world at age 32. MBS is also in charge of the country’...
However, many of the traditional restrictions have been lifting recently, under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), including allowing women to drive, removing the requirement for woman to cover their hair (I would estimate 20% of woman are currently choosing not to cover ...
Salameh made an excellent observation I noticed weeks ago--that the MBS (the crown prince of Saudi Arabia) has already commandeered over $100 billion from other wealthy Saudi individuals, therefore, KSA doesn't need an IPO anyway. jaguar on February 20 2018 said: maybe they would like to...
The elusive answer I can’t find is the level of free speech. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) opened up tourism to diversify the country’s oil-dependent economy. Yet dissidents remain in jail. He continually denies responsibility for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
The mega-city was first announced in2017 by the Saudi Crown Prince Mo-hammedbin Salman (MBS). This chapter shows thatNEOM, as the Crown Prince’sbrainchild, cannot be understood in isolationfrom his aspirations and argues thatNEOM’splace branding is utilised byMBSasaspatialrealisation of self-...
“moderate” approach, towards diplomacy and multilateralism, though without signaling a return to a foreign policy attitude that resembles the characteristics of defensive realism. In addition, the crown prince has put forward a discourse promoting a return to a “moderate Islam”. As contradictory ...