Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Coming Undone

[Senior]

Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Coming Undone
As Riyadh embarks on a rocky journey to economic diversification, the U.S. should offer help — but not unconditionally....

[Manitou]

Saudi Arabia can burn in Hell for all I care.

[saltwn]

Originally Posted by Senior

Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Coming Undone
As Riyadh embarks on a rocky journey to economic diversification, the U.S. should offer help — but not unconditionally....

even they can see oil is not a given and archaic kingships must die
bully for them
but our current economic advisers are stupid

Robert Reich may help if we send him over

[Senior]

Originally Posted by saltwn

even they can see oil is not a given and archaic kingships must die
bully for them
but our current economic advisers are stupid

Robert Reich may help if we send him over

The Kingdom must indeed diversify economically ... the current low price for benchmark crude is not going to change significantly for the better anytime soon.

It is also apparent that the House of Saud leadership is moribund and younger princes must ascend if Saudi royalty is to survive and strengthen its increasingly tenuous grip on power. The tensions between Wahabbism and modernity are frothing just below the surface as are increasing tensions between the Saudi rich/poor and Saudis/foreign workers.