Saudi Arabia’s ranking of 176th out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index is more than a negative statistic in an international report. It is a reflection of the media environment that has taken shape under Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was once presented as the engine that would transform the kingdom into a diversified economic powerhouse beyond oil. Today, however, a growing number of its most expensive ventures are raising a different...
Saudi Arabia’s investment in Lucid Motors was once promoted as proof that the kingdom could buy its way into the future of advanced technology, electric vehicles, and industrial innovation. Today, however, the reality looks very different. Rather...
What is unfolding inside NEOM can no longer be dismissed as routine restructuring, technical revisions, or strategic recalibration. The repeated cancellations, withdrawals, and contract terminations now emerging from Saudi Arabia’s flagship mega...
The murder of Jamal Khashoggi is no longer merely a diplomatic scandal that faded with time or a political crisis Mohammed bin Salman managed to bury beneath arms deals, global investments, entertainment campaigns, and sports diplomacy. France’s...
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...
