The Saudi regime’s stability now depends on its ability to maintain unity and establish clarity in its system of succession. With the Crown Prince’s death, schisms are particularly threatening to the Kingdom’s stability (and that of oil exports), because the ruling Al Saud have swelled to 22,000 members, which has given rise to factional clashes among increasingly numerous claimants to power.
沙特政权的稳定性现在取决于其维持团结并增加体制传承透明度的能力。随着王储的逝世，分与合严重威胁着沙特王国（以及石油出口）的稳定性，因为掌权的沙特（Al Saud）家族已有22 000名成员，提出继承权力要求者层出不穷，因而派系横生。