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What is Mohammed bin Salman’s vision for Saudi Arabia?

The Inquiry

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The Shift in Saudi Arabia's Political Relationship With Western Allies

The Kingdom controls about a tenth of the world's oil and has in the past forged important ties with its power-hungry customers in the industrialized West. But more recently its focus has begun to pivot to the East, with the building of Saudi oil refineries and petrochemical plants in China and other parts of Asia. This altering landscape is now playing out in the context of the recent diplomatic deals struck between Saudi Arabia and Iran which was forged in Beijing.

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