I actually think this is good news for them. Aside from the self-promotion and the dick-size contest that is typical of the region's princes, laying money for i

I actually think this is good news for them. Aside from the self-promotion and the dick-size contest that is typical of the region's princes, laying money for investments away from oil is going to force them to change. They can't really expect free trade without also free flow of people, and ideas. For a society that essentially keeps its citizens in the infantile stage this will be quite a shock. Bringing the relative openness of dubai to SA sounds quite revolutionary for their standards.