Gulf monarchies have the luxury of planning decades ahead without the nuisance of elections.
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Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2026
In contrast to other Gulf monarchies, especially Saudi Arabia, Qatar sees no threat in the Muslim Brotherhood, the political movement that spawned Hamas.
Moreover, most Americans maintained the outdated notion that oligarchies couldn’t exist in nations that were at least nominally democratic.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2026
Breaking the hold of tech and financial oligarchies, including a ban on algorithmic wage-setting, ensures that AI does not become a tool for gutting the middle class.
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