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| | Saudi Arabia's Will to Power |
 | | Ideology, in its normative role as applied by the Al Saud, is the guide to the proper allocation of resources in society, the desirable qualities of rulership and authority and, by implication, the source of the regime's legitimacy. |
 | | Fahd is the monarch, Sultan is minister of defense and civil aviation and inspector general, Abdul Rahman is vice minister of defense and civil aviation, Naif is minister of interior, Salman governs Riyadh and Ahmad is vice minister of the interior. |
 | | Princes Saud bin Faysal and Turki bin Faysal, the minister of foreign affairs and the director of general intelligence, respectively, have gained enormous influence under the regency of the heir apparent, testimony to their reputations and professional Western-style managerial techniques. |
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