In an interview with NPR, Board Member F. Gregory Gause, III discussed political changes in Saudi Arabia.

I never thought that there was a threat to the stability of the regime. I thought Mohammad bin Salman was very firmly in the driver’s seat in terms of policy. I did not see a movement within the family to try to challenge him. There were grumblings among his cousins – there’s no question about that – as he centralized power and cut them out. I think that the most interesting part of this is the focus on these major figures in the private sector. What does their arrest portend for a plan to try to give the private sector a bigger role in the economy? That to me is the huge question mark that rests over the events of the last few days.

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