King Faisal
Appears in 3 conspiracy theories
Mixed
The Petrodollar Theory
How the US dollar's reserve currency status is maintained through Saudi oil agreements — and whether nations that challenged it were targeted for regime change.
1974 · United States · Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, King Faisal
Mixed
OPEC Oil Embargo / Artificial Scarcity Conspiracy
Theories that the 1973 oil embargo was engineered not just as Arab retaliation but as part of a broader US-Saudi agreement to dramatically raise oil prices, strengthening petrodollar hegemony.
1973 · Saudi Arabia · OPEC, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon
Mixed
Petrodollar System / Oil-Dollar Monopoly
Examining the theory that the US dollar's global dominance is maintained through a secret 1973 deal requiring oil to be priced in dollars, enforced by American military power.
1973 · United States · Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, King Faisal