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MbS: The Only Game in Saudi Arabia
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
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized
Tagged Crown Prince, MbS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Vision 2030
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Saudi’s Try Coordination, Shale Fracks On
The rise in oil prices is due to two converging outcomes, neither of which is planned in a global commodity market. The Saudi’s are still wrangling both OPEC and non-OPEC members to slash 2% of supply so as to build … Continue reading
Capricious Rule: ARAMCO’s IPO & the Static Ethics of Islamism
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
Posted in Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized
Tagged ARAMCO IPO, Extended Order, Hayek, Prince Muhammed bin Salman, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sons of Ishmael, Sons of Liberty
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The Garden of Finzi Contini & The Praetorians
It was hard if not impossible for Churchill to conceive of political realities outside the commanding heights of imperialism. Its writ had no hold on Ireland nor India. It fell to Truman after Roosevelt to politely admonish him to conceive … Continue reading
Posted in Empire, Uncategorized
Tagged Garden of Finzi Contini, Praetorian, Riyadh, Toynbee, UAE
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Assad, Syria: The Political Purge, Reloading
Anyone even remotely familiar with Near Eastern politics knows that the House of Saud is waging war against Iranian proxies throughout the region. Its a ‘balance of power’ strategy that explains Riyadh and Iranian behavior. They’re realists who understand how … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Spring, International Relations, Islam, Middle East Peace, Near East, Politics, Terrorism
Tagged American isolates Syria, Arab Spring, Assad, Buthania Shaaban, foggy bottom, Idealism, Iran, Naji al Atri, Near East Policy, Pelosi, Proxies, Realism, Riyadh, Strategic Alliance, Strategy, Walid al Muallim
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