Saudi Succession Struggle
Posted on March 29, 2009
A power struggle has begun in Saudi Arabia? Take a look at my op-ed piece in Jawa Pos about the Kingdom system of succession here (in Bahasa Indonesia).
A dispute over Saudi Arabia’s royal succession burst into the open yesterday, revealing a power struggle in which one of the most senior princes in the oil-rich kingdom is reported to have disappeared. The prospect of instability in a country that is not only the world’s largest oil exporter but also a key Western ally at the heart of the Middle East will cause serious concern in Washington, London and beyond.
Rumours are rife over the position of Prince Bandar bin Sultan, 60, son of the heir to the Saudi throne, who has not been seen in public for weeks. Prince Bandar is better known abroad than almost any other member of the Saudi royal family, not only for his extravagant lifestyle, but because of his daring foreign policy initiatives during 22 years as the Saudi ambassador in Washington, where he played an important role after 9/11 and during two Gulf wars. His absence from public life comes at a sensitive time in Saudi Arabia: his father, Crown Prince Sultan, is gravely ill with cancer, throwing the succession to King Abdullah into question.
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wah seputar suksesi kepemimpinan selalu menarik, apalagi Saudi masih pake sistem kerajaaan.
Posisi Saudi sebagai salah satu produsen minyak dunia serta keberadaan situs agama Islam menjadikanya sebuah negara yang penting.
I believe it’s going to be a calm succession
Melihat kondisi Arab Saudi yang unik dan punya keistimewaan tersendiri bagi dunia, khususnya Islam, tentunya unik pula menyaksikan suksesinya
Biasanya karena sebuah kerajaan, ya perebutannya tentu seputar internal kerjaan saja dan tdk melibatkan unsur eksternal. Itu sebabnya suksesinya lancar2 saja. Di samping itu karena dia negara kaya, maka gejolak di masyarakat hampir tdk ada. Kesehatan, pendidikan, kebutuhan masyarakat terjamin. Nah kalau sdh demikian tentu perebutan kekuasaan tdk sampai melebar ke kalangan luar istana.