Why I’m covering Saudi Arabia’s crucial next decade

Why I’m covering Saudi Arabia’s crucial next decade

In November 2019, I was handed a shiny new Saudi residence permit. I’d been traveling in and out of the kingdom for years, reporting on its buildup of trillions of dollars of oil wealth and faltering attempts to diversify the economy.But this was different. The kingdom was in the midst of a drastic makeover driven by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, a bold new leader unafraid to do things differently. Saudi Aramco, the oil-behemoth that funded …