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Castles in the sand

The Saudi crown prince’s reformist ambitions bring to mind the precedents of post-Shogun Japan, post-Ottoman Turkey and post-Mao China – with a few exceptions, some potentially fateful.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, on October 24
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, on October 24
(photo credit: HAMAD I MOHAMMED / REUTERS)
ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
NOVEMBER 21, 2017 14:49
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