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Evaluating Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 as It Enters the Home Stretch

Aug 15, 2024 | 21:13 GMT

As Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 enters its final five years, the Saudi government is likely to deepen reforms designed to improve the country's economic attractiveness and performance. But as it struggles to compete with its neighbors' social reforms and absorb potential global geopolitical shocks, Riyadh could adopt more coercive policies at times.

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