Last September, a senior Saudi royal called for a "change" in leadership to fend off the kingdom’s collapse. In a letter circulated among Saudi princes, its author, a grandson of the late King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, blamed King Salman for endangering the monarchy's survival. Informed observers think such a prospect "fanciful", but the letter's
Saudi Arabia Faces Collapse As Oil Revenues Decline
A ‘perfect storm’ of interconnected crises could see the autocratic Saudi state disintegrate within ten years, argues Nafeez Ahmed.