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    POWER BEHIND THE THRONE

    SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE IS UPENDING THE OLD ORDER
    by JARED MALSIN Dec 25, 2017 3 minutes
    At 32, Mohammed bin Salman is the most powerful Saudi royal in decades

    CALL HIM THE FORTUNATE SON. IN THE space of a year, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become the most powerful Saudi ruler in decades. His rise marks the unraveling of royal traditions and a new level of uncertainty in a region already threatened by crises. Since its founding in 1932, the kingdom had been led by a monarchy that was conservative in outlook and cautious in politics, and refrained from military adventures abroad.

    Those days are gone. When King Salman took the throne in 2015, he appointed his untested son Mohammed to the

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