There's
nothing particularly
advanced about any of the Arab states, otherwise MBS wouldn't be pushing his Vision 2030 agenda. TBF, the House of Saud's desire to advance Saudi Arabia technologically and industrially is
absolutely laudable, but it is also an implicit and clear acknowledgment of
Arabic backwardness.
Some of the GCC member states are indeed quite
wealthy on a per capita basis, but being treated like an ATM by an American administration led by a reality TV star turned populist demagogue named Donald Trump is
not a display of soft power, or anything to brag about.
In fact, paying such
exorbitant sums of protection money, or even fractions thereof, communicate weakness, as in severe inadequacies in hard power and a
near total lack of soft power:
Not sure how our Bharati Bhais would feel about your conclusion that Sunni royals from the Gulf '
manage' their nuclear armed country.
Though should the opportunity arise, I would definitely
breakout the popcorn if you ever wish to broadcast such views to and engage in dialogue with the "eminently reasonable" hoi polloi of the Hindutva community, on X or wherever, concerning Arabic '
management' of Bharat.
That sounds like an
unfinished job given that many, if not most of the Gulf sheikhdoms did not emerge as independent states until the 1960s, if not 1970s, and did not charge toward modernity until even later. The rest did not exactly enjoy much of a head start either.
I'm afraid you might have one or more Arabic sheikhdoms
confused with the fictional country of Wakanda.
I encourage you to publish something analogous to
to teach the world about the unparalleled greatness and unrivaled influence of Arabic soft power:
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