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King Salman Has Appointed His Son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as Saudi Prime Minister

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa.

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By Abdullah Baabood
Published on Sep 28, 2022
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Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, draws on Carnegie scholars to provide insight into and analysis of the region. 

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Abdullah Baabood

Former Nonresident Senior Scholar, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center

Abdullah Baabood was a nonresident senior scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. Baabood holds the chair of the state of Qatar for Islamic area studies and is a visiting professor at the Faculty of International Research and Education at Waseda University in Tokyo.

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Former Nonresident Senior Scholar, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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