Messages of tolerance and modernisation from Abdullah’s reshuffle, but sectarian tensions persist


Issue 848 - 27 Feb 2009 | 7 minute read

It will take more than a reshuffle to resolve the deep-seated contradictory pressures within Saudi Arabian politics and society. Even so, King Abdullah’s recent personnel changes send a powerful signal at a time of renewed succession concerns.

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