Bin Salman tests allegiances in strategic game of thrones

Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is under immense pressure after the journalist Khashoggi disappeared, writes David A Andelman

Bin Salman tests allegiances in strategic game of thrones

Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is under immense pressure after the journalist Khashoggi disappeared, writes David A Andelman

Saudi Arabia and especially its young crown prince, who has been variously portrayed as naive, venal and bloodthirsty, appear to have vastly misjudged the reaction to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who opposed the new heir’s unchecked efforts to reshape the kingdom and the entire Middle East region with his own vision.

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