GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
The Rapid Rise of Mohammed bin Salman
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Dec 6, 2017 | 09:00 GMT
![Saudi Defense Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, stands for a photo-op with his counterparts from other countries in Saudi Arabia's Islamic Military Counterterrorism Coalition at a meeting in Riyadh.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/bin-salman.jpg?itok=Zbff1tK8)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, is equally fond of tough talk and tough action, an approach that has raised eyebrows in and outside the kingdom.
(FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
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