Huge & unprecedented developments in #SaudiArabia
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So far:
• 10 Princes & 38 Ministers arrested.
• Royal princes’ private planes grounded.
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Among names: Walid ben Talal, Turki ben Abdallah, Mitaab ben Abdallah, Khalid Toueijri, Saleh Kamel, Walid Ibrahim, Ibrahim Assaf, & many...
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Meaning: King Abdallah’s last remnants (Riyad firmer gov. & head of Nat. Guard); media moguls; SAGIA & financial policy officials...
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Risk is huge!
#SaudiArabia is structurally a consensual & cooptative system, where Royal family is the “Party”. Breaking this is dangerous.Show this thread -
Also, the Saudi system is as horizontal as vertical. Kingship has always been a kind of Primus Inter Pares within the senior Princes group.
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A major development and one that could reach well into the political structure of the US/ world. How likely is a Saudi civil war?
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