A prominent Arab official sums up the Saudi challenge this way: “Saudi Arabia has been accused of being too old, too slow and too backward. But when he arrived, he was told that the deputy crown prince, a brash 30-year-old named Mohammed bin Salman, wanted to see him urgently. Salman’s lightning decrees installed Mohammed bin Nayef as deputy crown prince behind then-Crown Prince Muqrin. A royal decree dumped Muqrin as crown prince; Mohammed bin Nayef moved up to the No. The danger is that his impulsive “Prince Hal” behavior could cause Saudi Arabia to implode and make all these problems worse.

Source: Washington Post June 29, 2016 00:23 UTC