Detail Time, Surely, for a Much Younger One; The Saudi Succession   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8757 (Oct. 2011), page 48. Topik: Power; Succession Planning; Kings Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.68 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel His lengthy title revealed much about the man's stature: crown prince, first deputy prime minister, minister of defence and chief inspector of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. So did the crowd at his funeral, which included America's vice-president, Iran's foreign minister and an estranged uncle of Syria's president, Bashar Assad, amid scores of other foreign grandees. The calibre of this hushed gathering testified not just to the power wielded by Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz, who may well have been the world's richest man, having run the lavishly equipped Saudi army as his fief since 1962. It also reflected apprehension. Under five successive sons of Abdel Aziz bin Saud, the kingdom's founder, who died in 1953, Saudi Arabia has posed as a rigid bulwark of the regional order. That order is challenged now, not just by shifting geopolitical rivalries, but by the new pressures of the Arab spring. Only a clutch of the founding king's 35 or so sons survives. Several, such as the deputy defence minister, Prince Abdel Rahman, and the governor of Riyadh, Prince Salman, are considered able. But a royal decree, passed by King Abdullah in an effort to systemise the succession, has delegated authority for choosing future kings to a council made up of princes representing the founder's 35 branches. Barring a belated challenge from other powerful princes to Prince Nayef's advance, this council looks unlikely to be summoned until the end of the present king's reign. Once the family council does meet, it will be dominated by princes of the third generation. After a string of ageing kings, they may well--not before time--choose one of their own. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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