Riyadh’s radical power centralisation risks a backlash
King Salman has moved against other royal family branches, as tensions with Tehran rise sharply
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- Power consolidation
- Military control
- Rival branches
- Money and media
- Policy enabling
- Economic and social ambitions
- Confrontation with Tehran
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