NationStates Jolt Archive


Egypt, Palestine, and Saudi Arabia - crucial succession problems

Daistallia 2104
04-08-2004, 10:44
President Mubarak of Egypt (http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040712fa_fact1) is old and in poor health. He is the leader of one of the most important Islamic countries. He has no successor.

Yasser Arafat (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,516827,00.html), president of the Palestinian Authority and long time leader of the Palestinian movement, may have stomach cancer. He is also old and in poor health. He also has no successor.

King Fahd bin Abdel Aziz (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/sa-leader.htm) of Saudi Arabia is also quite old. A line of succession is more clearly established, but probably will be contested.

Are all three of these countries set for political chaos? What do you think the future holds?
Daistallia 2104
04-08-2004, 10:55
My answers:
A fairly smooth transition in Saudi Arabia.
Chaos in Palestine, resulting in Israeli intervention and a worsening of the 2nd Intafada.
A bumpy transition in Egypt to Gamal Mubarak.
The-Libertines
04-08-2004, 10:59
Bah, I guess peaceful democracy too much to hope for hmm?