MidEaStream | Dr. Marwa Osman speaks with 21WIRE’s Patrick Henningsen about problems Saudi Arabia is now facing and why it may not be able maintain its lofty position in the region forever.
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The world is changing, and so it the Middle East. The Gulf monarchies are also going through a transition phase - led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by its mercurial leader Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS), who is now pursuing strategic relations with not only the U.S., but also Russia, China and the BRICS nations. Meanwhile, Saudi is slowly reducing its oil trades in U.S. dollars. Watch as the region begins to move...
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