They didn't much like losing their dominant status, and by coincidence Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Ukraine (to diminish Russia) were declared to be really nasty dictatorships and the governments were overthrown and the countries devolved to chaos. Saudi Arabia isn't about to "friend" Iran so for now they're sanctioned out of the world stage. So is Russia. Western Africa has turmoil from terrorists and yucky diseases. Everyone's goin' down, except for Saudi Arabia and its closest allies. Europe and the US aren't doing all that well since we've bought the KoolAid of open doors for less capable ethnicities than those that made these areas great. And now, Saudi Arabia has to worry about really nasty fundamentalists.
What's to stop Saudi Arabia and Kuwait from running their oil supplies to near zero and collecting all the money they can? If they bring everyone else down in the process, think of what the endgame could be. They could take all of those profits and buy up bankrupted oil resources all over the globe. Exception might be Egypt. Those guys seem darn good at figuring stuff out.
I''m just wondering when, not if, the whole global thing comes tumbling down. What's becoming more obvious (if everyone else doesn't smarten up) is who the winners will be.
...try to think like a Saudi prince
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With the backdrop of sanctions, Russia isn’t going to be particularly happy with an extended period of lower oil prices. Putin is probably working on ways to “address the situation” right now, so to paraphrase your comment above, try to think like a Russian potentate. :)
I don’t know if that would be possible. Saudi is producing at pretty much full production now. Not sure about Kuwait or even if their production is that significant in the total scheme. How does anyone “buy” assets after an entire monetary and financial breakdown across the globe?? No, I think we would all be reduced to nuclear cinders before your plan comes to fruition!