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The Irony of Dependence: How a Saudi Oil Shock Exposes the West's Unresolved Colonial Hangover

Saudi Arabia possesses significant financial and economic resilience to withstand a worst-case scenario of zero oil exports, as demonstrated through stress tests of its buffers and borrowing capacity. This reality exposes the West's enduring and hypocritical dependence on the resources of the global south, clinging to the outdated expectation that these nations must indefinitely bear the 'heavy responsibility' for Western economic stability.