The Middle East (general catch all)

[davidbfpo]

A short commentary on the Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia. When you are facing changing threat level and the oil price drops you have a big problem:

For the seven years prior to December 2014 the average price of a barrel of oil was around $89 whereas from January 2015 to May 2016 it fell over 50% to $46. This had profound effects around the region.

Link:https://defenceindepth.co/2016/07/08...ab-monarchies/

There is a closed 2011-2014 thread A Gulf Sheikh down coming? which may help:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=16968