Saudi influence bought globally but its small population forces Western dependence

Evidence

If the United States is de-Westernized, the West is reduced to Europe and a few lightly populated overseas European settler countries. Without the United States the West becomes a minuscule and declining part of the world’s population on a small and inconsequential peninsula at the extremity of the Eurasian land mass. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 850 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The West’s global weight depends overwhelmingly on the United States’ population and position. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 850; Saudi economic influence after 1973 hardened religious politics and toppled Bhutto

Broader Connections

• The West’s global weight depends overwhelmingly on the United States’ population and position. #complicates (0.74) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 850