How this young prince seized power in Saudi Arabia

MBS is transforming Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclusive perks, like livestream Q&As with all the Vox creators, a badge that levels up over time, and video extras bringing you closer to our work! Learn more at http://bit.ly/video-lab Mohammad bin Salman was designated as Saudi Arabia s new crown prince in June 2017. Since then, he has rapidly consolidated power and led Saudi Arabia towards some progressive reforms, such as granting women the right to drive. He also has plans to privatize certain segments of the economy, with the goal of reducing Saudi Arabia s economic dependency on oil. These changes, along with a suppression of Saudi Arabia s religious Right, could potentially begin to destabilize one of the Middle East s most powerful nations. Listen to this episode of Worldly – Vox s weekly podcast on the most important foreign policy and national security stories in the world – for more context on MBS shakeup: http://bit.ly/2E1c2mo Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com. Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H