"Will ‘regime change’ occur in Saudi Arabia too? And what will the consequences be for our economy?
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“In any authoritarian regime, instability seems unthinkable up to the moment of upheaval, and that is true now for Saudi Arabia. But even as American influence recedes across the Middle East, the U.S. soon may face the staggering consequences of instability here, in its most important remaining Arab ally. While a radical regime in Egypt would threaten Israel directly but not America, a radical anti-Western regime in Saudi Arabia—which produces one of every four barrels of oil world-wide—clearly would endanger America as leader of the world economy…”
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657104576142452195225530.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#articleTabs%3Darticle"
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