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Oman: the joy of benevolent dictatorship
By Stephen Kinzer MARCH 14, 2017
ON A SUMMER morning
in 1970, British commandos stormed the royal palace in Oman, captured the
sultan, forced him to abdicate, and placed his son on the throne. Violent
interventions like this one, aimed at securing the imperial goals of distant
hegemons, often have disastrous consequences. The opposite happened in Oman. In
the 47 years since Britain intervened to install a new sultan, this country has
broken out of feudal isolation and, as I learned on a recent visit, become the
geopolitical gem of the Middle East.https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/03/14/the-joy-benevolent-dictatorship/hcpPbAlrDmZewxiXRZQIgN/story.html
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