Saudi arrests show crown prince is a risk-taker with a zeal for reform

Mohammed bin Salman is confronting some of the kingdom's richest and most powerful men in his anti-corruption drive - but is he taking on too much too fast? No one doubted that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was a man in a hurry. But the Saudi royal's decision to arrest 11 princes, four ministers and dozens of former ministers shows he is a risk-taker on a scale the Middle East has rarely seen. The fact that the billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns the investment firm Kingdom Holdin...