Category Archives: Saudi Arabia

MbS: The Only Game in Saudi Arabia

Posted on April 18, 2018 by William Holland

Having left America for France, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to arrive back in Riyadh empty handed.  This wasn’t supposed to happen.  Autocracies only half understand maritime republics.  I venture that MbS remains less resolute today about the domestic … Continue reading →

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The Saudi’s Go Nuclear

Posted on February 24, 2018 by William Holland

It was only a matter of time.  Give the growing challenges that besiege this Kingdom, bin Salman had to acquiesce to the challenge thrown down by Iran and achieve parity with the Shia.  The House of Saud wants nuclear weapons … Continue reading →

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Iranian Yemeni Houthis Checkmate the House of Saud

Posted on December 17, 2017 by William Holland

Having assassinated Ali Abdullah Saleh on December 04, Iranian Shia proxies on Arabia’s southern peninsula have fractured the very leadership required for Saudi leadership to begin consolidating feeble gains in a war dominated by aircraft. If the Iranian’s know anything … Continue reading →

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Capricious Rule: ARAMCO’s IPO & the Static Ethics of Islamism

Posted on October 23, 2017 by William Holland

A reckoning is happening throughout the land of Ishmael; a summoning fit for a great statesman.  As of this writing, Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman is vacillating, something great leaders don’t do in the service of great ideals.  The Arabs … Continue reading →

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Failure. What Milton Friedman & Hayek Are Teaching ‘The Collective’ Today

Posted on April 16, 2017 by William Holland

The State of New York just made every State, City College & University FREE as of the fall of 2017.  We know from Milton Friedman’s achievement in monetarist thought that the fall of Communism, the collapse of collectivism was due … Continue reading →

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The Saudi Squeeze

Posted on June 10, 2016 by William Holland

Today’s U.N. admonition from the Saudi Kingdom regarding its role it the killing of innocent children in war torn Yemen has come full circle.  Two points to ponder. First, the Saudi’s aren’t very good at dealing with challenges in an … Continue reading →

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Oil, American Renewal & Saudi Perfidy

Posted on December 27, 2014 by William Holland

Remember Obama’s retort ‘we can’t drill our way out of this one‘ referring to the mythology of scarcity that underwrites the malthusian justification to demonize either the market or American ingenuity. The simple truth is difficult for any autocrat to … Continue reading →

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