Tom Friedman's interview with MBS https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/opinion/saudi-prince-mbs-arab-spring.html …
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Many of those factors have been around before (oil prices) or for a while (climate change). Arguably their confluence may be new. I’d argue Iran/Shi’a tensions are a significant causal factor. The article informed us little about any of them though.
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In general, due to the overall weirding of the last 2 years, I think any arguments of the form "this is a 70 year pattern" are suspect and red-flagged for me. You can no longer assume a "normal" pattern for anything. "This time it's different" has been correct too often lately
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