New Post to Global Guerrillas. The ongoing disruption of Saudi Arabia may create the conditions necessary for a coup d'etat. Here are some of the mechanics of how a coup would work in the Kingdom. The key to a coup attempt that I don't mention in the brief: the disruption of basic services.
If the Saudi government is unable to deliver basic political goods to
citizens, its ability to “buy” acquiescence to the kleptocracy will
crumble. [John Robb's Weblog]