Neom: Saudi’s New Toy for Realpolitik

Published December 2nd, 2020 - 07:59 GMT
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Neom (AFP/FILE)
If you’re curious what the logical conclusion of empty entrepreneur-speak looks like, venture no further than Saudi Arabia’s own Neom. A ‘future’ city that boasts of being an “accelerator of human progress,” Neom looks more like a cash-grab for design, media and public relations firms. It may also turn out to be an ideal meeting spot for planning espionage, political violence, and collusion. When Saudi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman debuted $500 billion planned megacity to

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