ASSESSMENTS
Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 Remains a Hard Sell
Nov 11, 2019 | 11:00 GMT
![Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (bottom image) and King Salman (left) look out from a billboard promoting Vision 2030 in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 16, 2018.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/GettyImages-1129844858.jpg?itok=kCtmgkRA)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (bottom image) and King Salman (left) look out from a billboard promoting Vision 2030 in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 16, 2018. Saudi Arabia isn't attracting as much investment for Vision 2030 as it had hoped.
(ERIC LAFFORGUE/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)
Highlights
- Investors are better able to pursue opportunities in Saudi Arabia as the U.S. Congress is now less likely to impose sanctions over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
- But new risks, such as a military confrontation with Iran and the shortcomings of Saudi policymaking, could discourage investment.
- Saudi Arabia will thus enter the new decade struggling to hit its international investment goals, raising worries for its ambitious Vision 2030 initiative.
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