How Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Buy the Future Before Oil Runs

Saudi Arabia became one of the most powerful countries on Earth because of oil. But now the kingdom is trying to rebuild its entire future before oil stops being enough. Vision 2030, NEOM, luxury tourism, football, boxing, Formula 1, the Red Sea projects and massive investments are all part of one plan: turn oil money into a new economy. This is the story of a country trying to transform itself at impossible speed — and why the biggest question is whether Saudi Arabia can build a future that no longer depends on the resource that made it rich.