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Japan shocked European racial assumptions by rapidly transforming from feudal society into an industrial nation capable of defeating Russia in 1905.
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Japan shocked European racial assumptions by rapidly transforming from feudal society into an industrial nation capable of defeating Russia in 1905.
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The speaker argues that Saudi oil wealth pushed the kingdom toward Westernization, secularization, and modernization, creating renewed conflict with Wahhabi constituencies that he says account for 20 to 40 percent of Saudi Arabia.
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The speaker presents Mohammed bin Salman and Vision 2030 as Saudi Arabia's attempted answer to strategic and economic desperation.
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"And their imperialism in Africa was notorious, right? It was one of the worst atrocities in human history, especially in the Congo, which was..."
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"Japan underwent tremendous social change to go from a feudal society into a modern industrial nation that, in 1905, was able to defeat a..."
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"the Wahhabis, okay, which again are the most extreme Islamic group, made an alliance with the Al -Assad family of Saudi Arabia. And the..."
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"Okay? Now, if you're optimistic, you'll be like, well, Saudi Arabia would run out of oil in about 70 years' time or 80 years'..."
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"Okay? And he proposed a new vision for Saudi Arabia called Vision 2030. Okay? But MBS' most important achievement is that he became friends..."
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A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: Saudi Arabia's rivalry with Iran moved from religion and oil into proxy war, exposed the kingdom's fragile infrastructure, and made a Trump-led America the weapon Saudi...
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