Scenarios about 'Saudi Arabia'
A Middle Eastern kingdom established in 1932 by Ibn Saud, controlling the majority of the Arabian Peninsula and home to Islam's two holiest sites. Saudi Arabia's vast oil reserves discovered in the 1930s transformed it into a global economic power and key geopolitical player in the Middle East. In alternate history scenarios, different outcomes in its formation, oil discovery, or religious influence could dramatically reshape regional and global power dynamics.
What If Riyadh Implemented Different Social Reforms Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Saudi Arabia embraced social liberalization decades before the Vision 2030 reforms, potentially reshaping the kingdom's role in global politics, economics, and regional stability.
What If Sana'a Avoided Civil War Through Different Policies?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Yemen's capital avoided descent into civil war through different political decisions, potentially preventing one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century.
What If The Gulf Cooperation Council Formed a Stronger Union?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the Gulf Cooperation Council evolved into a deeply integrated political and economic union, reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics and global energy markets.
What If The Yemen Civil War Was Prevented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where diplomatic interventions in 2014 successfully prevented Yemen's descent into civil war, sparing millions from one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
What If Yemen Remained Two Separate Countries?
Exploring the alternate timeline where North and South Yemen never unified in 1990, potentially reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics, the War on Terror, and regional stability in the Arabian Peninsula.