Is Saudi Arabia Heading Down a Dangerous Path?

Published: Oct. 12, 2018, 2:30 a.m.

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The Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. Amid a welter of speculation and lurid allegations, a cloud of suspicion now hangs over the Saudi Government. The record of Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, the Kingdom\\u2019s de facto ruler, suggests a determination to silence all criticism. Stephen Sackur speaks to Saudi academic Madawi al-Rasheed and former senior US diplomat, Nicholas Burns. Is \\u2018MBS\\u2019 taking his kingdom down a dangerous path?

(Photo: Saudi academic Madawi al-Rasheed)

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