Geopolitics of Saudi Arabia

[@kalomboC]

After looking at the map of the Arabian peninsula during the video I realize why the Saudis are fighting so hard in Yemen - they realise the Iranians can easily shut off the straits of Hormus, but if they gain a strong hold in Yemen, not only will they be at Saudi Arabia's door step - they will also be in a position to shut off the straits between Yemen and Djibouti. This would literally strangle the Saudis!

[@erictarleton]

Look again, the straits of Hormuz are between Iran & Oman, not Yeman!!!

[@saurillian]

@@erictarleton Read carefully, he said also. He's trying to say that if Yemen becomes a stronghold of Iranian power, then Iran can shut of both the Straits of Hormuz and the Gulf of Aden, which would mean that they could not get their oil out to their main buyers in Asia

[@SaviourSword995]

So basically if Iran win the Yemen conflict not only it will strangle Saudis but the whole west to east sea trade line. No wonder people are pissed on Iran

[@MrMoOomoOo91]

Lol no my friend the strait that you are referring to is much bigger than just Arabia. It’s right to say that the whole European world depends highly on this narrow strait which leads to both india and China. And much more.

[@nsms1297]

@@MrMoOomoOo91 I have a doubt why Saudi Arabia and Iran is not friendly to each other. There are always tensions and issues between each other.

[@RANDYJR72]

I was a military contractor there for 4 years training there forces. They will never be an effective organize military force. Too much tribalism and corruption. The society is too lazy . They feel they're above everybody else. Most of the labor in the country is done by foreigners. And a large portion of the military doesn't care to learn about being an organized military. Their answer to much of the training they received was the Americans will come when the instructors and myself told them they need to learn this. They have good military equipment. Some of the best money can buy. But what good is it if your soldiers are not smart or disciplined enough to use it. Hence why they're getting their butts handed to them in Yemen on the ground. If it wasn't for the airpower they have, they'd be losing the war in Yemen.

[@aymerictesta5699]

Could they rely on PMCs instead? Would American vets fight for Saudi Arabia for good money? It's either that or they'll need new alliances.

[@aldemir6127]

RANDYJR72 I agree with you and their survival depends on western world and Zionist israil. it was make believe kingdom will not last anyhow.

[@leedoyeon]

KGBz Whether or not the Houthi insurgents are the 'good guys' or not, 'good guys' always win is not a valid argument.

[@Test7017]

@@leedoyeon haha. Well since we sell bombs to Saudi, s when is the last time we supported the good side? 300 years ago. Get it

[@DoReMi123acb]

Well said sir. They can burn! Terrorism supporters!

[@mahmodeissa9172]

As an Egyptian born and raised in Saudi Arabia I can relate to the issues addressed in this episode. Thanks a lot Shervan . Waiting for Egypt episode. ..

[@pawelnadstoga376]

Doesn't it practically make you a Saudi?

[@abdulrahmanwalid9533]

@@pawelnadstoga376 not really unfortunately the laws here aren’t very friendly ; you don’t even get permanent residency

[@co2_os]

@@pawelnadstoga376 nationality and family name comes from the father, if your is saudi then you are saudi.

[@al3ndlib]

@@pawelnadstoga376 one if the reason of stability and prosperity of Saudi Arabia and its people is that citizenship is exclusive to the indigenous people within Saudi Arabia and the immigrants who came before the founding of the 3rd and current Saudi state. Giving free nationality to everyone who gets born in your land is the best recipe to be culturally invaded and divided into minority groups that would compete to rule one another, exactly like what’s happening in the west.

[@pawelnadstoga376]

@@al3ndlib I can't argue with that...

[@rtshchand]

Sad reallty. Most of middle east countries had trillions of dollars come in because of oil, yet they could never raise above and create a better society, where education and technology could prevail.

[@billykobilca6321]

A truly missed opportunities.

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

A piece of fucking sliced white bread! Middle East is not a monolithic place...Arabs and Israelis are Semitic, Iranians are IndoEuropean, Turks are a mix of Altaic and IndoEuropean, saying middle east is like this and that is awfully inaccurate!

[@suluayran121]

@@LionKing-ew9rm Iranians are more Turkic than Turkish people by genetics and already 1/3 of Iranians mother tongue is Turkish language. If Turkey is mix between Altaic and IE, Iran is melting pot.

[@MohammedAlmuzahmi]

Actually Saudi Arabia have the best universities and the highest producer of research papers in the Arab world....... So seems like you don't know much

[@juriscervenaks8953]

Europa didn't start war in middle east, we only joined because of article 5 NATO. If one country is attacked all other country's will help in some way, not excluded-military help. I think that was only time article 5 was triggered. Maybe in Bosnian war? But USA detonated their twin towers, one reason, they needed distraction from news that trillions of dollars was missing from pentagon budget. And of course need to feed military budget. Also how useful that muammar gaddafi warned Italy before his country was attacked, that if Libya fall Europe will get mass immigration from North Africa. USA elite is playing games, and most population in west is brainwashed, because they watch mass media. P.S. my country didn't attacked any ''terrorists'', armies in middle east, only trained country's army, and defended military outposts, and lost only 2 men. Most offense was done by US, and other reason why they invaded in Middle east was to destroy ancient relics, artifacts-some of oldest on earth in middle east, some of them write about aliens. I believe US will try to scare population that Aliens will invade, so we need to make world army to defend earth, but in reality ''alien air crafts'' will by US experimental ''airplanes''. If world army will by established, there is plan to make martial law, and most citizens would by slaves. Hope it wont happen, and most people will wake up before that. Have you heard about Trump wanting to make space army?

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

With the amount of natural resources in the Arabian peninsula makes me wonder what was there millions of years ago. An ocean? A jungle? And than a ocean again? Who really knows fascinating.

[@iRexia]

actually yes there are a few places where you can find shark teeth in the middle of the dessert

[@topasoka519]

a prophet

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Did you not attend your organic chemistry classes?

[@Misteraak]

Before tens of thousands of years the land had all sort of wildlife, the peninsula consider to be the oldest land known to mankind, almost every part of it has a story told by the old books revealing how heavenly it was and how it got inevitably cursed by the wrongdoers one civilization after another. Rich Fossils only proves how alive this part of land was comparing to what it is now.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@ United we stand divided we fall At different times within the past million years or so; all of northern Africa was, at one time or another, a verdant grassland and a shallow sea (whale fossils) and (now) a desert. I think that the same would be true of the Saudi peninsula. Although, I don't know why the Saudi Peninsula and the Persian Gulf have more oil than northern Africa (except for Libya) Within the area of Yeman and Oman there used to be enough seasonal rain for dams to be built and the reservoirs to be used for irrigation at least 3,000 years ago.

[@s871-c1q]

Beautiful picture, highly informative, extremely well edited, no loud douchebags yelling...this should be on TV. A+ as always. Truly a treat.

[@jensboettiger5286]

Completely omitting both the Saudi conflict with Yemen and the geopolitical standoff with Iran makes this episode seem only half finished.

[@aransherani5894]

It's called GEOpolitics not politics

[@mysticoversoul]

Perhaps the reports are an ongoing one, with more to come in the future as other developments arise and future events occur.

[@paracovo]

He talks about the Yemeni conflict in detail on other videos.

[@okm8699]

There is no conflict with yeman,the one in a conflict in yeman with is the houthi Iran backed terrorists.

[@tylersylla2162]

@@aransherani5894 the term geopolitics absolutely applies to the Saudi genocide in Yemen

[@sitiesito715]

The timelapses are so captivating in all these videos, I keep missing important parts and I have to rewind... this is the only channel where I end up watching the videos twice each time! :-)

[@brianjonker510]

I have watched many episodes from the Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding of the local issues

[@Tifsa123]

I watch these videos as if I could ever have an impact on them lol

[@a123464]

Never say never lol

[@ChairmanMeow1]

you have an impact just by being informed and educated, my friend

[@lockheedmartin286]

I watch these as if I have my own country

[@Deripperda]

Never clicked a link so fast

[@shanemize3775]

Incredibly well done, as always. Objective analysis, in-depth yet easy to understand. If only the mainstream media in the US attempted to do that any more, as they were once so widely known for doing. Please, keep up the great work. God bless you!

[@rockym2931]

This is another very fine and educational discussion. All places are complex, but you put as much as you can into the space you have. We are all jealous that our homelands be understood rightly, but your videos contribute to that. Congratulations.

[@DaviChaves89]

I'm from Brazil, I learn a lot with you. Thank you very much, bro

[@grecko8762]

Best analysis I have found on KZbin - keep up the fine work team!

[@wzwzwz]

I'm quite worried about Saudi Arabia. Can they survive without oil? I really hope they will have reforms on stuff that needs to be changed in order to survive post-oil.

[@manoj81478]

The moment they start modernizing their economy, their own Wahhabis will turn against them as modernization is Haram in Islam..

[@lotstolearn5350]

F N N : Check out the Eddy Grand Solar Minimum on Adapt 2030, Oppenheimer Ranch Project, & the Grand Solar Minimum YT channels.

[@نادرالیراحمان]

They should invest in solar energy ASAP

[@AA-dc9xm]

@@manoj81478 i like how you use the movment of mohamed ibn wahab as a religous section, and just tells me what a little undecated liar you really are.

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

They’ll just use wind and oil, the saudis don’t fear running out of oil for energy reasons, they fear it because oil is what makes them relevant, and the petrodollar gives the saudis a disproportionate amount of power internationally, power that the saud family doesn’t want to lose for obvious reasons.

[@EdBabb]

Would love for you to do a video on Poland, Hungary and the current rise in right-wing leanings in former soviet bloc europe, as well as the threat it poses to the EU while Brexit looms. Love your videos, thanks again for posting.

[@alpharho1354]

One of Shirvan 's / CaspianReport 's finest analysis (video) to date. Hands down.

[@burhankhan98]

Your content is amazing and really the best on KZbin. Love your work long live Caspian report.

[@3bdul2elah]

Please stop using this stupid "demographic map" because it doesn't reflect the truth, also there is no difference between people of Najd, Hijaz and the south in terms of religious believes, why are the people of Najd labled as "Wahhabis" Also the eastren region is a majorty Sunni area, the two largest cities are Dammam and Khobar, both are Majorty Sunni, Shia live in Qatif and its surroundings while Hassa is a mixed city

[@xrz3000]

Abdulelah Al Qahtani وركز كثير على الإختلافات العرقية والدينية والقبلية وانها تهديد.. مثل ماذكر ببداية الفيديو عن حجم السعودية المهول.. اظن الغربيين عاجزين يعوا فكرة دولة وشعب موحد بلا مشاكل ديموغرافية.. اغلب السعوديين مايعرف اسم شيخ قبيلته حتى عشان يثور وينشئ دولة تحت حكم شيخ قبيلته اللي مايعرفه!

[@salahalsiqami6589]

@Muad Dib We will survive. You think the oil is the only thing that kept us alive until now. Well, guess what, this land survived many wars and conflicts over hundreds of years when oil hasn't been discovered underneath its soil yet. So, to you and whoever dreams about the ultimate end of this land and its people, I just say keep dreaming.

[@xrz3000]

Muad Dib go fuck yourself

[@xrz3000]

Muad Dib no you do. it's fucking obvious.. go spit your hatred and stupidity elsewhere

[@nvonliph]

@sooktoo k77, I worry for you if you call Muad Dibs' comments hateful or stupid. They may not be sugarcoated, but if they get you that defensive, you need to grow a thicker skin and possibly take a hard look at your conclusions.

[@MsChosen]

i live in dammam and i can tell you there is more sunni's here than shias but in qatiff there are more shias than sunni

[@tugalense3200]

Great video! Congrats Shirvan.

[@bhavyamod4979]

Even 'fewer' not less - Stannis Barratheon

[@baronvonjo1929]

Still triggered of season 8.

[@max_paynetothemax9499]

in short saudi arabia has to maintain good relationship with other countries and not promote terrorism.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

That's asking quite a lot from them.

[@newrunrocks2656]

Max_payne To the max let’s hope they do

[@trillionbones89]

Somewhat contradictory to their ideology. *only needs good relations with the US

[@zvna5208]

First they need to stop subjugating their wife’s and give them a driving license.

[@amerlad]

and to stop cutting up journalists in their embassies. stop threatening their neighbors because they have an honest news channel that reports on them.

[@PandaOdessa1917]

Lots of respect to you and your channel!! Long time viewer. Thank you for the information! Wishing lots of success to you in the coming years!

[@johney3734]

what are the Geopolitics Nord VPN ?

[@turkibagawi4064]

Despite the fact that you introduced many wrong info in this video, but what grabbed my attention the most is when you said in 4:39 that Shia minority treated like second class citizens. If this is true, then how come the CEO “Amin H. Nasser” of the biggest oil company in the world came from Shia faith? On top of that, 4 out of 29 members of the highest council in Saudi Arabia “Council of Ministries” from the Shia faith. Some KZbin channels like this one, unfortunately, take their info mostly from biased websites or articles without digging more to look for the facts.

[@MS-ol7ds]

good job for giving facts :)

[@ali89amro]

why you havent mentioned the saudi war in yemen the proxy war in syria lebanon irak lybya and so on

[@lotstolearn5350]

Jefe Hoptosh : He's no longer there; he's in TX. Haven't you seen the photo of him after some months on the SAD?

[@djprojectus]

@Jefe Hoptosh Indeed! He is a gatekeeper!

[@landofold]

he is bought by suadis

[@allencummings7564]

He mentioned it, though broadly, when he stated that the saudis rely on interventionist foreign policy. My guess is he didn't want to open that can o' worms. Can't blame him really, I mean look at you guys jumping all over him, imagine if he'd tried to go into details and got something wrong, the comment section would turn into a huge shitfest.

[@allencummings7564]

Tldr: he focused on other topics

[@azizmegbel6907]

The greater the challenges, the stronger we become once we overcome them. I pray that Saudis and all muslims keep a strong faith and work for a better future. Thanks for the video Shirvan. I’m always curious what intelligent non-Saudis think of my country.

[@johnmaxwell1750]

An extremely informative video. Thank you, Shirvan.

[@billykobilca6321]

This was one of the best presentations on Arabian peninsula. Think about this, the Arabian peninsula just needs tremendous imports to support itself.

[@لَۄكَآسُلَۄكَآسُ]

Long live Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦✌

[@erlich85]

those dessert mountians look beautiful!

[@ojrugby]

Very interesting analysis again! Keep it up

[@Moon_Dog_]

Great to see a realist/neo-realist view and analysis on youtube - the best one I can find. Nice to not see that Marxist/post-colonial interpretation crap.

[@o7016-c7i]

what's so bad about post colonialism?

[@Holyproperty]

Exactly although colonialism play the roll especially in shaping the border that eventually shape some kind of internal conflict among them.. but without colonialism they still will experience never ending conflict shape by never ending dispute in religious n political interpretation.. if they naturally liberal about everything, whatever border the simply accept it..

[@0MVR_0]

That is speculation. What we know today is that colonialism has indeed been the primary factor for the instability of the Global South

[@blackstar19gammaburst85]

@ScarletDespair did you forget that french have still not leave its african colonies yet?

[@MRTOWELRACK]

@@ReXox35 The "economic might of the USA (and Canada at the time)" following WWII help save Europe? I understand your sentiment but I don't follow your explanation. Europe still had wealth following WWII despite their dire shape. It's true that much of Europe's wealth historically came from colonial subjects, but nonetheless, Europe very much had wealth far exceeding today's "third world countries". If we're going to mention Canada and the USA, it seems arbitrary to not also mention Australia, New Zealand and others. Moreover, why say Canada "at the time"? Are you saying that Canada subsequently ceased to help Europe's economy, or that Canada had some special sauce but only at the time?

[@osamajamil428]

I was born in saudi lived there for 24years but was never treated like I belong there. No one is given citizenship in middle east

[@ricardoantoniolima8978]

In Brazil, you only have to live here 4 years for naturalization.

[@br19_yt]

ياخوي مشكلة التجنيس عندنا غالبًا له علاقة بالعادات ، ولا التجنيس اكيد بيحل مشاكل كثيرة ، بس غالب الشعب خايفين من اختلاط الاعراق وضياع الهوية ، دامك عشت 24 سنة عندنا اكيد تعرف ان الواحد بالسعودية مستحيل يتزوج من غير العرق العربي واحيانًا من من غير قبيلته ، فما بالك بالتجنيس اللي بيضيع الهوية ويخلي السعودية مجمع عرقيات اكثر من انه بلاد ذو هوية وحده ، انا اتفق مع التجنيس بالذات للي عاشوا مدة طويلة ، احيانًا هم احق حتى بالجنسية من بعض اللي عندهم الجنسية اصلا ، لكن مع الوقت الشعب بيتفتح وبيتغير تفكيره ، ‏﴿ لا فرق بين عربي ولا اعجمي الا بالتقوى ‏﴾ ♥️

[@fawazaljohani8447]

@@br19_ytيا حبيبي غير موضوع القبلية والهوية السعودية دولة رعوية, يعني بكل بساطة الدولة هي اللي توفر الرعاية الصحية والتعليم المجاني والمنافع وتوفر وظائف, اذا حاليا البطالة واصلة نسبة عالية جدا والدولة بحاله عجز مادي وحتى ابناء السعوديات ما ياخذون الجنسية احلم نجنس المواليد, واخيرا يابوي هي مو كأنها مفاجأه للي خلف وانجب بالسعودية, معروف انه لن يتجنس واهل المواليد هم اللي ضيعوا مستقبل عيالهم, الكثير منهم ما يروح بلده الاصل الا بعد ما يكبر ويتورط هناك, ما يعرفهم وما يتكلم لغته الاصلية يمكن. السعودية ما تجنس, دول اخرى تجنس .. هل معناته هم صح وحنا خطأ ؟ اعوذ بالله ياخي بلدنا يوم كانت صحراء وجوع قبل النفط محد فكر فيك

[@fawazaljohani8447]

because you don't, it's not like your parents were surprised after 24 years .. they know from the start

[@osamajamil428]

@@fawazaljohani8447 dear brother this is not the point, if someone is a Muslim born in a county like Saudi Arabia which is supposed to be the ambassador of Islam. The wish of being a citizen always has and will arrive. There should be a solution, dont give free health care or other benefits. But atleast let them feel a sense of belonging. The moment we dont have iqama we are kicked out without any emotions A person losing a job after 1 month of service and a person losing job after 40 years, both are the same.

[@dkelban]

Another great video.

[@TheBarberJoe]

the most comprehensive report on the net. like it or not,it is what it it is. thanks from phila usa.

[@FelixxAlrick]

This comments section is unusually dumb. I guess that's what happens when you get people feeling emotional.

[@Rao665]

just poring through comments in general, there are several nations that bring out the blind idiocy in people: United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, China and oddly...Japan. As for this vid, not a good look by fellow Caspian Report viewers. I expect more from this bunch. These are VERY niche subjects, and we're watching them for a reason.

[@nikolavideomaker]

@@Rao665 japan? Never noticed that

[@daviddavidson1417]

Japan gets the comments going because it's an ethno-state with low/no immigration. Add anime to that and you got shitstorm of debate.

[@Rao665]

@@daviddavidson1417 well the entire original purpose of nation states was basically what Japan is at the moment: an "ethno state"...which seems reduant since that is what a Nation state IS. But i'll agree there. Throw in the pop culture and you have yourself a shitstorm.

[@Al-pb3fm]

Actually the comment section is decent. Unless you're an ISIS supporter, Felix, and that you're mad Wahhabis are being insulted.

[@worththewatch1517]

Top Saudi achievements: Taliban and Alqaeda which is unique by knowing the latest that is Isis

[@leodarksam6230]

Persian User those are all achievements of the US.

[@Matt_Fields_29]

The US just gave them weapons. The Saudis gave them their ideology.

[@syimirsafrizal3983]

Persian people are smart..they create one of largest empire ever seen...their culture spread far and wide...BUT you are an exception..you are STUPID..you doesnt even know how taliban and alqaeda existed. With emotional and unrational thingking..you just decided to balme saudis for something that you doesnt even know of.

[@tatuksa]

Persian User the created by tbe the US.

[@deserteffect1001]

al qaeda leaders and their families are in iran buddy including osama bin laden's own son

[@FellowshipBibleChapel]

What program do you use to make your graphics, specifically the maps?

[@frederickkotze8138]

By far my favorite channel on youtube.

[@miiiikku]

Why did Middle East fail to industrialize?

[@manoj81478]

Because it's Haram..

[@harisahmed8009]

US interference etc

[@grandtheftavocado]

I think you're thinking of the pre-Islamic age with advancements in medicine and math. What world renown Middle Eastern university do you think I should attend? Or are there none?

[@GLPentAxel]

Did you not watch the video about the Rise and Fall of Science in Islam, Grand?

[@GLPentAxel]

On this exact channel

[@qo3398]

I have some comments 1- wahabi is a part of sunni and they are not villains 2- the sunni shia map is not accurate especially in the south west region, plus the percentage of shia un like the video says is no more than 10% 3- GKSA have a good grip on the people and have their support 4- it’s true that we were in a bad position with Iran but now they are barely controlling themselves

[@Vas-73]

Great video once again! Could someone tell me which maps are being used for these videos? They look amaizng!

[@websurfer5845]

by some reason he doesnt want to say, there are many ppl asked this question under his videos but non has receivved a response

[@morrgash]

Such a great video, thank you very much!

[@kristoff8426]

Shirvan always enjoy your straight forward analysis and thoughts... can I suggest Yemen.. thanks

[@AR-ng4gr]

I know this doesn't matter as I am not one to care about matters of faith and believe. 04:58 there is no merit to the name "wahabi" when ur writing shia/sunni because it is not a sect like shia and sunni. it is a slur for the extremists and i guess people like to use it to defame any muslims whom are extra fundamental to their liking.

[@QIKZBB]

Great job Shervan!

[@ientrancedi]

Love your channel and noticed your English is getting better and better good luck and wish you continued success

[@AlexA-yi8ri]

Well They get alot of sun. What about solar power and energy banks to replace carbon demand.

[@nathannathan3428]

They have already started my man

[@mypahrizal335]

Thats actually gonna create even more problem because the saudi need oil to make revenue and they have huge amount of oil that they dont even need

[@masoodhussain5464]

Long live Saudi Arabia Long live Saudi Arabia Long live Saudi brothers from pakistan

[@saud892]

Jazak Allah brother

[@leylagazengi2240]

When i saw most the haters comments come from western. I knew that my country is in the right direction. 💪🏼

[@elemperadordemexico]

No it is not

[@BoqPrecision]

You're intelligent...good job

[@fte999]

1.6% ? are serious? the pictures at 11:20 are from Iran (you can easily distinguish the language in the signs). eastern province is not Shia as the video describes. even AlHasa isnt Shia Majority. so many errors in this video AlHasa is not exactly where you put your circle. its a bit south close to Qatar Boarder.

[@ahmedharris7148]

Just facts and neutral analysis from a realist position. Love it

[@kharnakcrux2650]

... gawd DAMN i learned so much in 17 minutes.... that explains a lot

[@philipcharles207]

That was a really interesting and informative video. Thanks for posting it.

[@thebrasilgroup]

No mention of the Petro dollar. It seems like an important factor in the relationship of SA and the US.

[@markhagan6675]

The movie “Syriana” predicted this scenario almost 15 years ago.

[@UnstoppableEmpire]

Tell morre about it

[@KatariaGujjar]

@@UnstoppableEmpire American government, oil companies, and CIA make sure the Arab rulers are always the stupid ones, decadent, greedy and materialistic, while any leader showing intelligent ambition to benefit his people, is assassinated.

[@Resolution001]

Amazing video as always

[@JMM33RanMA]

Another 'tour de force' [pardon the pun] that does a great job of indicating the problem areas, while highlighting the causes and potential problems. If you were a Hollywood company I would suspect the numerous hints of things yet unseen as bases for a large number of prequels and sequels to come. From Occupied North Yemen [a.k.a. the Assir], to the Eastern Province, to other flash points you have given a sound basis to understand the situation of Al Memleket Al Arabiya Al Saudia. However, people who want a truly in depth understanding must follow up your survey with deep research into the history, geography, religious tension and regional politics. Thanks again for showing the way, Dousteman Shirvan.

[@MrBeny]

Brilliant video as always

[@qusayabdul-hamid1778]

The comment section is filled with haters...

[@lukeryan7626]

Well conceived and well presented report (as usual). Several topics discussed were things I sort of knew intellectually, but hadn't coalesced into coherence in my mind, such as the chokepoints, military stockpile dispersal (and lack of skilled, disciplined operators).

[@shehzadsilver]

Please make a video about the geopolitical reports on Pakistan and its recent election - another great vid.

[@shehzadsilver]

Oh looks like I got my wish ;)

[@Hundt453]

The ports in Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic city are privately built and operated, so there's nothing to worry about...

[@Merle1987]

This was interesting but barely talked about their foreign policy. What gives?

[@MM-vs2et]

This is Geopolitics not International Relations

[@BoqPrecision]

@@MM-vs2et Define "geopolitics".

[@truthdvd]

#caspianreport kudos for being one of the most factual political commentators on KZbin 👍

[@olympia5758]

Can you do a video on geopolitics of Algeria or Morocco?

[@Ufu4847]

Bombardier a l'eau Also no need to rape. The amount off your western women coming here for sex are increasing each year. While you have to pay for sex they pay us for having sex with them. Nice try stud.

[@olympia5758]

@@TexasBoyDrew dude, western women have no values. Your women have been brainwashed by the cancer of feminism. At least women that aren't born in the West know how to act, they don't blame men, and take care of their family and still have family values.

[@vinaybhaskarchandratre7762]

Geographically a big country with pampered population will find defending it's borders a pain in long-run. Show will go on untill money exist. The kingdom in the next century will find it self in bottom rug without massive investment in education , technology and social reform.

[@MultiSciGeek]

That was a nice refresher video. Could you please make Geopolitics of: Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait; as well as Pakistan and India in South Asia? Thanks!

[@2saisai]

How was it nice? All it did was reinforce stereotypes and might as well delete the whole thing because the amount errors and wrong information.

[@nabilkhan1004]

Great work

[@crmesson22k]

I hate that the U.S. is allied with them.

[@MayankPrasad111]

And Turkey.

[@DrDahz]

At the end of the day the US should be allied with everybody. not NWO 1 world gov tho.

[@MRTOWELRACK]

Last month, Canada encouraged Saudi Arabia to free some imprisoned advocates (women's driving rights among others). In response, Saudi Arabia cut ties with Canada, tweeted an image of a plane headed towards the CN Tower and ranted madness for days. Saudi Arabia miraculously makes North Korea look calm by comparison.

[@TheMolabola]

MRTOWELRACK yet the US banned Somalia a country that has no international terrorist that blew something up in the west compared to Saudi Arabia the leader of terrorism. Saudi Arabia is responsible for the spreading of wahhabism too America is part of the problem.

[@TheOtherOne122]

A piece of fucking sliced white bread! As America is now energy dependent the saudis will atleast have lost that leverage over the u.s.

[@wernercaspary7159]

Saudi Arabia knows its greatest enemy is not Israel but Iran. The UAE and Bahrain have made peace and established diplomatic relations with Israel. I will not be surprised if sometime in the 2020's Saudi Arabia does the same. In the game of geopolitics; the old adage is applicable here, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Interesting video. Greetings from Germany...🍺

[@greggor07]

Interesting to watch this episode in hindsight. Especially regarding the bin Salman junior. He'll have to balance between keeping the royal elite satisfied and implementing political, cultural and economic reforms. Turns out that just as everything else in this medieval absolute monarchy, this succession situation did not follow the contemporary political rules. Instead of keeping the rest of the royals satisfied, he used a supposed anti corruption action as a ruse to literally purge the kingdom from all competitors, with some of them disappeared and the rest imprisoned until they transferred all or most of their possessions and claims to the state i.e. him. Same brutality has been shown to all dissenters, with horrific war crimes being committed in Yemen as I write this. The West needs to completely disentangle itself from the dependency on this regime's oil and isolate Saudi Arabia to the point that no other country ever has been isolated. Unfortunately it's hard to see the US giving up on their partner in crime. Perhaps this will require Europe joining up with Russia and China in combating this evil.

[@shuja1410]

*From this desert Islam came out and spread on the hands of people of Arabian non empty deserts but the hate and negativity of haters comes out the empty cup prespective*

[@Thezemon]

"The Saudi Leadership doesn't trust its military commanders" I would love to see the reference from where did you get this info

[@franke2273]

House of Saud fear a coup if they were to give the military too much power. As displayed by the "Game of Thrones" that has been happening lately.

[@Thezemon]

​@@franke2273 what about horse shit, give me proof of your claim.

[@thestranger7551]

becouse there securty gurd are blak water members or privet milltry that why they cover they face all white american

[@saud892]

@@franke2273 They fared well through the Cold War when Nasserist revolutions were spreading throughout the Middle East & that was all without foreign military bases so no my friend

[@dhrupadsinghbhati1186]

Love your Channel! Love from India...

[@shuja1410]

*Persians came from central Asia in 400 bc* *Arabs lived on both sides of the Gulf before persian invasion* *Arabian Gulf is the true legitimate name* 👍🏻

[@someone-wi4xl]

@oh_man 15 the word "Arabs" have all Semitic people native to the Middle east all speak Arabic language today Babel and Ammorites and Akkad all carry mainly J1-M267 Y-DNA which is also the most dominant Haplogroup among Arabians Persians were NEVER known to be sailors and only came to the Middle East in recent history while Arabs were known to be great sailors that used it to trade with China and India and South East Asia not to forget Africa and Europe as well and later used that to spread the word of Islam .. and to ensure dominance over the seas under the Caliphate Persians had 0 civilization before the came to the M.E and took everything from the native Semites while in the Arabian Peninsula , the Kingdom of Dilmun stands as one of the earliest civilizations of mankind in Eastern Arabia since 4000 B.C

[@TranscendianIntendor]

I want to say I much prefer Chervon Shervon's narrations to the voice over of the other guy. I feel as though Caspian Report has something unique and identifiable in his voice and cadences.

[@ElahTSKNI]

Haters will hate Viva saudi arabia ❤

[@thewolf1801]

fuck saudi arabia stupid traitors and fuck your najdi sect as well

[@marshmallowpassionaticalyl6617]

ahh. MEDIAAAAAA

[@ElahTSKNI]

2000 2000 they are not our brothers and sisters cause they wish us bad

[@cooldesertknight]

@ِAbdul Eb Haters will always bark at Saudi Arabia Well....as the saying goes *the caravan passes while the dogs bark :P* (the caravan being KSA, God protect and bless KSA. Amen) so, brother, let them bark....let them bark :D اللهم من اراد بنا او بديننا سوء فأشغله بنفسه ورد كيده بنحره واقلب تدبيره عليه آمين يارب العالمين

[@rzarza1723]

*Life in Saudi sucks!*

[@1000ralphw]

Excellent report

[@daviddreyer5817]

With all that land and sun and wind, why doesn't Saudi Arabia diversify with renewable energy? Electricity from the sun and wind can be made and they sell the oil and gas for expor.

[@bboyk4]

its already began massive shift towards renewable energy

[@bedouinknight9437]

We are working on it, I’m now staying to work in the new Solar energy plant in the north.

[@arjhanesfahani8952]

Caspian Report Please do a video about “Geopolitics of Iran” i know you did one before. However i really want something thats in todays time!🙏Thanks Caspian Report your better than any other Geopolitical channel on youtube With the exception of a “VisualPolitic”👍👍

[@Nor1998_]

The Al-Sauds are exceptionally lucky. Sitting on vast reserves of oil.

[@ahzam2862]

Not necessarily, although they have oil, but we shouldn't forget they have no rivers, only 2% of land is naturally caultivable and only 1/3 is inhabitable. So they are not so lucky, only they have different resources.

[@Nani_1]

The first time the oil was extracted was in 1938, before that our grandparents lived in hell, no water no AC no cars no houses, they died of hunger and thirst. no one helped them not even thier “neighboring countries”, Everyone mocked us and laughed at our religion, camels, tents and dates but they didn’t know that these 4 factors what helped us to survive and thrive, now we have oil and everyone wants to be our friend, we are not lucky we are believers whom believed in god and he rewarded us and we will be thankful for him our whole life.

[@Nani_1]

no one How do you know anything really? You are NO ONE don’t you remember?

[@Nani_1]

no one No you didn’t stated facts you just repeating what the media says.

[@Nani_1]

no one first you keep saying “lol” and that give a big signals that you are a child, Second you keep You keep referring to illogical things, what do you mean when you said “your religion”? You mean Islam? If that’s what you talking about then it’s a disaster because Islam and science go with each other and Islam encourages us to learn more, You really need to educate yourself.

[@firelifeblizzard8782]

1:14 anyone else see the car start to slide down the dune and really wanna see the full clip?

[@Kharon46]

saudi arabia most probably would not see the 2050 and dissolve to multiple states

[@presidentsnow3105]

rvmg we’ve been hearing this since the 1960’s. you’re so original.

[@Kharon46]

well bc it's the truth saudi arabia is made up country and trying to hold together with oil money once all major industrial countries -expect china- became oil-free i would like see what would happens to your country

[@presidentsnow3105]

rvmg i guess you haven’t been updated lately, our economy skyrocketed away from oil profits, not to mention every country has been begging us to put aramco’s shares in their stock markets which we will use to fund the mega projects, which in return makes us oil independent.

[@Kharon46]

"which in return makes us oil independent." best of luck

[@presidentsnow3105]

Appalled ByFurries Well, i’m not gonna lie about Aramco being obscure, but still, Trump, Putin, Theresa May and Shinzo Abe all of them want Aramco in their stock markets so desperately. And Aramco isn’t all about oil, they have invented a lot of amazing stuff truth be told.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Nice video Shirvan. :)

[@salahalsiqami6589]

I am sorry dude, but the shia and wahabi conflict thing, and the minority second class thing in addition to most of what you stated in your speech, were just a bull**it. There nothing called wahabi in Saudi Arabia + all of the "presumed second class shia" have the very same rights that their sunni brothers and sisters have. Not to mention the fact that most of the very same "second class shia minority" work in the field of oil and health care in a very high rewarding jobs and positions. Another fact, 20% of the Shura council ,which is the country's legislating authority, is formed by shia. And regarding the presumed "second class foreign workers", I don't really know what type of injustice or restrictions they are facing that you are pointing out too. Could you please give more clarifying examples. And if that is the case with them, why they are still going to work there given the very humiliating and inhuman situations that they are going to suffer?

[@neembowsky]

A key flaw in Western considerations when assessing Iran, is Iranian influence throughout the entire ME. In every country it has deep ties. Take Yemen. Iranian-Yemeni relations predate Islam itself! In other countries it is the same! Iran has had influence in Egypt since 525BCE. Therefore countries that see Iran as meddling in the affairs of her neighbors are misunderstanding the Iranian hand in the ME. It is no exaggeration to state that the peace and prosperity of Western Asia solely rests on Iran. Now when Iran is governed justly, the rest of the ME is at peace and is prosperous. When Iran is governed poorly or unjustly, their s great turmoil in ME. Let’s take a guess how it’s being governed at present.

[@alarabi98]

I can already see the comments. -Saudi military is shit against the Houthis(Even though they've only deployed most of their troops in the borderlands and the troops that are in Yemen are only support, the brunt of the force there is from Yemen.) Saudis are lazy! (I'd agree until you understand that the Saudis aren't suffering from the same problem as the rest of the Gulf in terms of laziness. Their population is still capable of creating a solid workforce as long is it doesn't do the same mistakes as countries like the UAE or Qatar.) However I agree that tribalism is a huge problem that must be addressed. MbS needs to focus on solidifying the Saudi identity as first and the tribal identity as second. This is coming from a Kuwaiti whose country is a worse shape than Saudi in terms of our workforce and population imbalances.

[@alarabi98]

Why are you guys so triggered about. The faster you guys recognize your weaknesses, the better the Kingdom will be.

[@frasstvhs6141]

Saudi Destruction of children of Yemen

[@frasstvhs6141]

www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/world/middleeast/un-saudi-airstrike-yemen-children.html

[@alarabi98]

@Justinian the slit-nosed Nah

[@alarabi98]

@Justinian the slit-nosed Who am I? Who are you? You're just some nobody thinking he can sway what world governments want to do, take a hike moron.

[@abdulhusaindohadwala898]

Im a Shia & I love that land because it hosts the Holiest places, Mecca & Medina❤ We Muslims should unite and defeat the enemies of Islam

[@Zoroxluffy1001]

Enemies of islam are who add sects name instead of muslim And follow different way of understanding unlike teachings of prophet Muhammad pbuh , abubakr and till ali r.a

[@darwish2422]

Please Make a Vid About Egypt Im Waiting

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

call him daddy

[@darwish2422]

lol xD im the real one tho

[@darwish2422]

DADDY

[@Wel8212]

well that happened in 2020

[@Brian-wj8bk]

Caspian Report and SecureTeam10 have the same background music. Knew there was something that drew me to both of them.

[@spacecatboy2962]

it is funny that saud buys military stuff, but does not let their own army have it, and only have it there so america can use it to defend saud

[@TS-zp7pe]

lol where did you get that from you idiot?

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

14:48 Are we just going to let slide the fact that John Boyega is both a science fiction actor and a commando in the Saudi armed forces?

[@Nashmi379]

That's so not true about Shi'a. you make it sound like they are totally sperated from the public. They live among Sunni and they have many friends and family relationship with each other. They do get discriminated against, just like a Muslim in America ( like me). The suadi government has embrace Shi'a and Sunni to have the same rights. We all are saudis, we all are Muslims.

[@manishjang1]

what map application did you use ? Its so interesting to see the altitudes maps of world.

[@SourcianMStudio]

I'm Saudi Arabian, and I say: Very nice demographic maps. :D Seriously, what software did you use?

[@eliasziad7864]

He uses Houthi software which destroys Yahoodi Arabia's airports and Aramco.

[@SourcianMStudio]

@@eliasziad7864 lol. But seriously, do you know the software?

[@eliasziad7864]

@@SourcianMStudio Idk, check the description.

[@SourcianMStudio]

@@eliasziad7864 If only it were that easy. :/

[@eliasziad7864]

@@SourcianMStudio ???

[@RaidsEpicly]

Shouldn't you mention zeihans work somewhere in the descriptions? Some of these sections seem like they were lifted wholesale...