The brutality of the Saudi royal family had been hiding in plain sight. It was
an open secret convenient to the political, media and business elites for whom
the Kingdom means big business and an invaluable geostrategic proxy. But the
brutal murder and dismemberment of a single Washington Post columnist, Jamal
Khashoggi, has forced Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and his American
enablers onto the defensive as the regime's brutal war on Yemen, global
support for Salafist fundamentalism, and kleptocratric repression have
suddenly been subjected to intense public scrutiny. Dissident scholar Madawi
al-Rasheed explains the history and political-economy of Saudi Arabia, and the
now-frustrated efforts at obfuscation mounted by bin Salman and his allies.
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