The One-Man Petrostate: Can a Vertical Autocracy Survive Its Own Succession?

HIGHNEW v44 — SAUDI SUCCESSION CRISIS (SYSTEMIC VULNERABILITY)

In plain terms

Report #44 deepens Blind Spot #8 with scenario-level specificity. The Allegiance Council is institutional fiction (31-3 vote, then dormant).

Report #44 deepens Blind Spot #8 with scenario-level specificity. The Allegiance Council is institutional fiction (31-3 vote, then dormant). Article 5b creates a dynastic trap: MBS must illegally override a law he himself enacted to install his son. The Tiger Squad (50-man mercenary group documented in Aljabri v. bin Salman court filings) proves MBS cannot trust the broader security apparatus. Grand Mufti al-Fawzan (appointed Oct 2025) places a fierce traditionalist at the apex of the BCS inflexible religious minority

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