Saudi Vision 2030 One way to understand many of Saudi Arabia’s recent policy innovations is through the lens of Saudi Vision 2030, the crown prince’s flagship development initiative launched in 2016. For one thing, Saudi Arabia aims to expand its external relationships in ways that could bring in greater foreign investment. He also ended U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s “offensive operations” in Yemen. The detention and temporary forced resignation of Hariri in Saudi Arabia exasperated world leaders and deepened their worries about MBS’s judgment and temperament. Saudi Arabia almost surely lacks the capacity to take on an extensive array of diplomatic initiatives.
