Saudi Arabia’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, world-renowned with his own acronym MBS, has an ambitious program and only eight years remaining to implement it. MBS calls it “Vision 2030” and is marketing its main features in terms intended to appeal to Western decision-makers and publics. He talks about weaning the Kingdom’s economy of its dependence on oil, on social transformation, on Women’s participation and sustainability. The Saudid have also tried to attract global attention by signing Portugal’s soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo, to a contract worth hundreds of million dollars. Diplomatically, Riyadh is dancing around between Washington and Beijing Jerusalem and Tehran. How successful is he, and what may lie ahead for him and his desert country?
Guests Colonel (Reserve) Dr. Anan Wahabi, Senior Fellow at ICT Reichman University and Lecturer at Haifa University, Dr. Samuel Willner, Research Fellow Chaikin Chair for Geostrategy University of Haifa and Amir Oren. Host Miri Eisin.
