Saudi Arabia plans to raise revenues from sources other than oil

[Brad]

> instability

I know what they mean, except none of them are that stable to begin with.

[rcjordan]

We think in terms of the Middle East, but what happens to -say- Russia when Gazprom starts sucking air?

[rcjordan]

"There would be fewer grounds, in theory, to justify military bases in the Middle East or those periodic calls for regime change and all-out conflict."


Redrawing the geopolitical map for a post-oil world | Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/counting-the-cost/2021/5/10/redrawing-the-geopolitical-map-for-a-post-oil-world