On Tuesday 30 April 2019, Dr. Stephane Lacroix(Sciences Po, Paris) presented a MEDirections roundtable on the politics of religious reform in Mohamed Bin Salman’s (MBS) Saudi Arabia. This timely roundtable expanded on the various ways in which MBS’s policies, particularly towards the religious establishment, have affected the dynamics of power in Saudi Arabia.
The following MEMO is a brief synopsis of the conceptual model presented in this speech.