Oman, the Switzerland of the Middle East

[The Lawspeaker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHKPJkn4SE8

#Oman (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Oman) has managed to act as a #mediator (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23mediator) in a region known mostly for conflict. But, how did this playbook come into being and how does it work?

[Tooting Carmen]

Maybe the Sultan is an example of a benign dictator? It may be axiomatic here in the West to think that democracy is always better than dictatorship, but is that really the case for all cultures, times and societies?