After years of grand promises about a “new Saudi Arabia” and the transformation envisioned under Vision 2030, the contradictions inside the kingdom are becoming impossible to conceal. While hundreds of billions of dollars continue to pour into...
Saudi Arabia’s financial crisis is no longer a temporary imbalance buried inside quarterly reports. It has evolved into a structural emergency exposing the scale of economic distortion created under Mohammed bin Salman’s so-called “Vision 2030.” The...
Saudi Arabia’s financial position has entered a far more dangerous phase after the Ministry of Finance announced a budget deficit of 125.7 billion riyals ($33.5 billion), marking the kingdom’s largest fiscal gap since 2018. Far from being a...
The reality of media repression in Saudi Arabia no longer requires leaks or individual testimonies to be proven. The latest global ranking has formally placed Mohammed bin Salman’s system among the most hostile environments for journalism worldwide...
Nearly a decade after its launch, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is no longer being framed as a transformative economic success story, but increasingly as a project under pressure. What was once presented as a historic shift away from oil dependency is...
What was once marketed as a revolutionary model for the future of urban living is now increasingly seen as one of the most striking examples of large-scale financial misallocation in recent years. The Line, the flagship project at the core of Saudi...
What was once presented as a flagship symbol of transformation under Mohammed bin Salman is now showing clear signs of strain. Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion-dollar push into global sports—framed as a pillar of economic diversification and...
Massive defence budgets, advanced Western weaponry, and high-profile arms deals have long been presented as proof of Saudi Arabia’s military strength. Yet the reality on the ground tells a different story. The losses sustained during the Yemen...
The execution carried out on April 9, 2026, against Ali Al-Subaiti—alongside his uncle Mustafa Al-Subaiti—has raised serious concerns among human rights observers, not as an isolated judicial outcome, but as part of a broader and increasingly...
A growing body of financial data and on-the-ground reporting is beginning to reveal a widening gap between Saudi Arabia’s economic narrative and its current trajectory. According to a March 2026 report by the The Wall Street Journal, the Saudi...