Wednesday 22 April 2020

#SaudiArabia: What happens when the oil stops | @MiddleEastEye

Saudi Arabia: What happens when the oil stops | Middle East Eye:

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (AFP)

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) can no longer plead youth or inexperience.

That time has passed.

What you see is what you get. The misrule, blunders and war associated with him as crown prince will only continue with him as king.

The full repertoire of the crown prince's statecraft was on display in a stormy telephone call he made to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the eve of an Opec meeting last month which ended in a calamitous price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.

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