Western client Muslim regimes could collapse like Soviet satellites

Evidence

In 1995 the only Muslim state which was clearly more pro-Western than it had been ten years previously was Kuwait. The West’s close friends in the Muslim world are now either like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf sheikdoms dependent on the West militarily or like Egypt and Algeria dependent on it economically. In the late 1980s the communist regimes of Eastern Europe collapsed when it became apparent that the Soviet Union no longer could or would provide them with economic and military support. If it became apparent that the West would no longer maintain its Muslim satellite regimes, they are likely to suffer a comparable fate. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 578 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western-aligned Muslim regimes depend on Western support like Soviet satellites did — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 578

Broader Connections

• Western-aligned Muslim regimes depend on Western support like Soviet satellites did #expands (0.93) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 578