Saudi Arabia:Reform May Start Flowing

摘要

FOR 10 YEARS,King Abdullah,Saudi Arabia's new monarch,served as de facto regent to King Fahd,his incapacitated half-brother.During that time he bridled at not having full power Platoons of Princes to enact the reform agenda that he and his Western-educated advisers,including Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal,thought was needed.Will things be any different now that Abdullah has taken the throne after Fahd's death on Aug.1?