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00:00Yeah, and it's interesting as well, just thinking about a conflict like the conflict between Israel and what's happening in Gaza, the war with Hamas.
00:07I mean, to what extent do you think the Trump administration counts on advice from places like Riyadh in terms of determining what the best way forward is?
00:19Because, for example, the idea of relocating and evacuating citizens from Gaza and positioning them in other countries was one from which there was a lot of pushback in the region.
00:31That idea seems to have been sort of more or less put on hold by the Trump administration.
00:35I mean, how much dialogue do you think, how much advice do you think comes from Riyadh and is directed towards Washington?
00:43Well, there is a significant amount, especially if they want Saudis to play a role.
00:49And then there are going to have to be a great deal of coordination.
00:54See, because I think right now, almost dealing with anything in the region requires to have a Saudi input.
01:01And the reason being is that more and more international actors are looking at Saudi to use their leverage and their kind of weight, whether that's symbolically or financially, or now even geopolitically, to play a bigger role.