Talk:Nasser of Arabia

Ideas and Changes
This timeline is pretty much the very first alternate history timeline that I ever wrote in detail. The timeline has changed gradually, but the main idea has stayed the same. But in comparison with other timelines that I have worked on, including New Union and Great White South, this timeline continues to be very short and underdeveloped. But anyway, I am going to be doing some more work here.

I recently changed the name of the timeline from "Nasserism in Arabia" to "Nasser of Arabia". I think the later sounds more catchy, and less political. I am also rethinking some general PODs that will take place in this timeline, but the one thing that I want to remain, the one thing that this timeline was written to begin with, that Nasser is able to develop a completely unite the Arabs into one nation (or very fewer nations from OTL). I guess you can call me a "federalist", as I find it very weird how other groups were able to unite (the Germans for one), while the Arabs remain highly divided both politically, philosophically, and not to mention physically.

Anyway, here are a couple of changes I have been thinking about.


 * I recently read that Saudi Arabia was going threw hard times in the early 1960s. From what I read: "by the early 1960s the Kingdom was in jeopardy due to economic mismanagement and failure to deal effectively with a regional challenge from Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. As a consequence, Saud was deposed in favor of  in 1964." I was thinking that maybe with a stronger UAR, the Saudi situation would snowball into a dissolution of the Kingdom, caused by pro-Nasser and other leftist groups in Saudi Arabia. The Trucial States (OTL UAE, Qatar, Bahrain) would align themselves as a republic, primarily due to several anti-Saudi sentiment in the region. The Dhofar Rebellion may actually gain support from the UAR, leading to the fall of the Oman monarchy, and maybe gaining more support from Kuwait. Because of which, the western portion of Saudi Arabia would gradually transform into a "Hejaz Arab Republic", leaving Riyadh all together. By the mid 1970s, the Sauds would loose control of their kingdom, leading to the region being completely annexed by the UAR, and leading to the overall collapse of other Arab monarch governments.

Just a thought --NuclearVacuum (Talk) 00:46, January 2, 2011 (UTC)