{"id":22572,"date":"2017-11-20T14:07:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=22572"},"modified":"2017-11-20T14:10:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T19:10:18","slug":"saudi-crown-prince-bets-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/saudi-crown-prince-bets-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Crown Prince Bets on Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by David Dumke, director of Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Program<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This week marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bill Clinton\u2019s victory over George H. W. Bush, a notable presidential election that familiarized the political world with the mantra, \u201cIt\u2019s the economy, stupid.\u201d Coined by Clinton\u2019s famed political strategist James Carville, it stated the simple truth that political strength is largely about jobs. That year, President Bush\u2019s considerable foreign policy accomplishments ultimately mattered little in the face of the voters\u2019 economic anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>No two political scenarios are entirely comparable, yet as the world contemplates the astonishing developments emanating from Riyadh in past weeks, Carville\u2019s principle largely applies. Time will tell whether the stunning moves made by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdelaziz Al-Saud will prove genius or destructive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecairoreview.com\/tahrir-forum\/saudi-crown-prince-bets-on-economy\/\">Read the rest of Dumke&#8217;s article, featured on <em>The Cairo Review of Global Affairs<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by David Dumke, director of Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Program This week marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Bill Clinton\u2019s victory over George H. W. 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