Do you think that KSA could had been a major world power by now

Question

if they had a good government who used their resources well and estabilished a system where ppl could been more resourceful.... unlike what they have now a brutal regime and a radical, useless population

arite peace out!@

Answer 1

yo sup

yes I do think so. we have oil and we have mecca al madina also we have a lot of youngs.

but we have a messed up goverment

Peace out!@

Answer 2

No, Saudi Arabia is a desert that happens to produce oil. That means they will *always* be a net importer of food.  A good government couldn't change that.

My theory is that only countries that can feed themselves can every become powers, because they have a measure of self-reliance that others do not.  Thus China, India, the Soviet Union, the UK, America all qualify.  The EU as a whole I believe qualifies.  Iraq could with a stable government and a good plan for irrigation.  Brazil could, Argentina could, Zimbabwe could but won't for at least another decade, Ghana could.

KSA, like many of its neighbors and most of African, cannot.

Answer 3

They are, they control America my friend

Answer 4

The truth is... the KSA is in fact a Super Power. Don't you watch the news...? When the Bush clan travel, they stop over in Saudi to pay their respect. When the Saudi government sneeze, the US economy (and the world) catch pneumonia. Noticed how Bush went cap in hand to ask the Saudi regime to lower the price of oil...?  

Answer 5

again bush

your question is based on false assumptions based on media only

you don't have a single idea about this place

and the vocab "useless population" shows extreme racism, close minded and generalization

Answer 6

Yea it is a powerful country. If there kingdom system will finished.

Answer 7

No they are not a world power. The US built up the oil business, and once the KSA stops selling all that oil, they will again be back to nothing. If the US starts drilling here at home the demand from KSA will drop, and that's what needs to happen .

Answer 8

yes ... 1) we export oil

          2) we have one of the most important 2 places in the world for

          muslims makkah and  maddinah .

          3) we have very high education.

          4) we have some of the most important buisness men &  doctors in the world ( along with lots of other sucseeded profesions)

           5) were a rich country .

ps.there is a more mature suffisticated way in talking , so i would appreciate it if u would respect other countrys ... and not saying that we have a useless population cause we dont ....  

Answer 9

.....I think so because of its oil. Because KSA is very different 10 years ago, its like a 360 degrees turn around from nomads to wealthy country....I believe they will be one of the super power country in the future because of its vast wealth from oil, they can produce the most high tech weapons to defend itself from attack of countries. Their wealth is unlimited now which means they can acquire anything and everything they wanted esp. if the wealthy families be united as one country......right now, the royal family can't control the wealthy families, they're still divided into tribes and discriminate each other....

Answer 10

well u know saudis are slaves of usa.they put their money of trillions of 4 in usa banks and they r scared of usa and west.usa runs on saudi money stored in american banks.if ksa takes their money out of usa banks and invest in on tech research and welfare.it can be a super power but for that they need to tell usa "to start minding their own business" as long they have usa dollars which crashes everyday their economy and money is becoming worthless.

Answer 11

NOPE KSA SAUDI ARABIA IS NOT POWERFUL COUNTRY TO TELL YOU HONESTLY ACORDING TO MY CALCULATION AND KNOWLEDGE CHINA, USA, RUSSIA AND OTHER RICH AND FAMOUS COUNTRY IS POWERFUL EXAMPLE RED ARMY OF CHINA IS TOO MANY SOLDIERS AND USA SUPER WEPON LIKE NUCLEAR AND SUPER POWER GUNS WILL KILL US ALL BY THE WAY IM FROM PHILIPPINES, I MAKE IT SHORT ALL MEMBER OF UNITED NATION IS POWERFUL PEACE BE WITH YOU !

Answer 12

Any country can become a world power when they have the right leadership. Saudi leadership as of yet is far from capable... And yes, they could have been the superpower by far had they had the right leadership.

Answer 13

No. Saudi Arabia is mainly desert with only one major export(oil) and tourism is only important during hajj season. and relies on foreigners to do most of the work while the natives refuse to work. Society is too restricted, the military is not based on merit but on who you know, which is why a lot of Saudi soldiers are morbidly obese with mustaches while in world powers the soldiers have to be in shape, be able to do a certain numbers of push ups, sit ups, pull ups,etc or else get kicked out of the military. And Saudis air force still relies on foreigners to fly most of the combat jets.

Also all modern world powers are not ruled by absolute monarchies. That is an old out of date system that cannot compete in the current political world.