Karen Elliott House: Saudi Arabia in Transition

As Saudi Arabia struggles to adjust to its drastic decline in oil revenue, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman attempts to bring new ideas and a new future to his country. These changes include focusing on younger generations and potentially bringing change to old customs, including allowing women to drive. During this transition of power and ideas, from one leader to another, how will Saudi Arabia cope with the rapidly changing base of its society? How will the U.S. continue its relationship with the changing country, taking into consideration their many common interests, but also vast amounts of differences and limitations, in order to seek productive change? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Karen Elliott House addresses some of these questions. Photo: The White House from Washington, DC. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons WGBH Forum Network ~ Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas Connect with us:   / wgbhforum   |   / forumnetwork   See our complete archive here: http://forum-network.org