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17 Sept 2025 Conversations with Tyler David Commins on Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, and the Future of the Gulf States
“The United States is a great commercial and military power, producer of popular culture, but I think Europeans might feel that the United States is still a parvenu on the world stage.”
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- 17 Sept 2025
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…Wow, this is amazing. You’re in Saudi and it’s like, “Here’s some new buildings.” They’re very proud of the new buildings. It’s a little bit like the United States and Europe. People come to the United States, from Europe, and they think it’s a fabulous country, but we don’t really have medieval cities. You would say that Europe has a much deeper and richer cultural history. The United States is a great commercial and military power, producer of popular culture, but I think Europeans might feel that the United States is still a parvenu on the world stage. Maybe that’s how they look at it. How serious are the Saudis about building a wall, or really, finishing a wall on the border with Yemen?…
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