This is the second in our series of three podcasts on the Middle East with Reva Bhalla, Director of Analysis at STRATFOR, a global intelligence company.

This episode focuses on the primary vulnerability and anxieties that exist inside of the Saudi royal family, as well as the risk profiles that exists in that country, and the threat of an expanding power base coming out of Iran. What is Iran’s agenda and desired endgame? What is the role of and the ability of those governments Iran and Saudi Arabia to manipulate young protestors, specifically on places like Facebook and Twitter? Is there any one version of a liberal democratic government that could apply to certain countries in the region?