This Guy’s a Real Prince

“The crown prince appears to be aware of the dangers ahead. He also already appears to be gaming his political rehabilitation, both at home and in the eyes of the outside world.” Robin Wright in The New Yorker: Can Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, Survive the Jamal Khashoggi Murder?

+ The Atlantic: Khashoggi’s Murder Heralds a New Era of Impunity.

+ Vox: Saudi Arabia repressed free speech in the past, but under MBS things have gotten a whole lot worse.

+ NYT: “Mohammed bin Salman is the latest in a long line of ‘courageous modernizers’ who turned out to be vicious dictators. Why do people keep falling for it?” (I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again: Beware of reformers wearing crowns…)