Muhammad bin Salman
Muhammad bin Salman is the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, serving as the kingdom's de facto ruler and overseeing its domestic and foreign policy.
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Aug 25, 2026
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The Saudi Crown Prince is a party to the Mecca Pact, which lacks concrete public details, suggesting opaque deal-making with geopolitical implications.
Market liberals criticize MBS for leveraging oil wealth and religious symbolism to forge a bloc that may entrench authoritarian governance over market openness.