The young crown prince wants to end decades of power-sharing. His gambles could shake up the kingdom and the Middle East.
Gershom Gorenberg
Gershom Gorenberg is a senior correspondent for the Prospect. His most recent book is War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis From the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter @GershomG.
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