Does it have to still be under the House of Saud? If we look at how Jordan has progressed under the Hashemites, I'd say it's easily possible for a Hashemite Arabia to achieve democracy by the 21st century.How could the nation of Saudi Arabia become secular and democratic by the year 2016?
No, it does not.Does it have to still be under the House of Saud? If we look at how Jordan has progressed under the Hashemites, I'd say it's easily possible for a Hashemite Arabia to achieve democracy by the 21st century.
Does it have to still be under the House of Saud? If we look at how Jordan has progressed under the Hashemites, I'd say it's easily possible for a Hashemite Arabia to achieve democracy by the 21st century.
Could democracy be accomplished via civil war?Does it have to still be under the House of Saud? If we look at how Jordan has progressed under the Hashemites, I'd say it's easily possible for a Hashemite Arabia to achieve democracy by the 21st century.
US pressures them after 9/11- let's say the evidence of Saudi links to the perpetrators is too concrete to be hidden. Either there is a quick war, or the royal family has to step down or face being hunted.
So with that logic, the USA could do that same thing to force Saudi Arabia to become democratic.I doubt strongly that USA would in any case pressure Saudi Arabia to make so radical changes. Americans need Saudi oil. It is too good business that they would ruin that. Most what they would do is ask Saudi government purge extremists from royal family and other high offices. And Saudis probably willingfully do that.
So with that logic, the USA could do that same thing to force Saudi Arabia to become democratic.
That's pretty cool.The 1969 Coup attempt is successful with the regime creating a Nasser esq republic in the newly renamed Republic of Arabia. America backs the new republic due to fear of Soviet control. This republic moves away for Washbism of earlier of regime and follows the earlier Nasser path. It begins to create a new Arabian identity away from religion using investment from oil into military and education and begins to assert it's authority on the region while clamping down on dissent. The regime begins to decline in popularity thanks to failure democratice with the newly emerging middle class and anger from the weakness Milan's who have support from the gulf states. By the 90s and the end of the cold war the regime is weak with coup generation being older and oil prices not what they were and the younger generation rise up and demand there voice be heard like in Taiwan and behind Iron curtain and by the late 90s the republic hosts it's first democratic election.
If you go back to the Arab Revolt and the early days of Arab independence, the best way would be to avoid the civil war in the early 1920s which resulted in the Hashemites being deposed by the Saudis.Could democracy be accomplished via civil war?
I doubt strongly that USA would in any case pressure Saudi Arabia to make so radical changes. Americans need Saudi oil. It is too good business that they would ruin that. Most what they would do is ask Saudi government purge extremists from royal family and other high offices. And Saudis probably willingfully do that.