Mounting evidence that Saudi Arabia is behind the disappearance of regime critic Jamal Khashoggi has laid bare the risks of a US Middle East policy aligned closely with Riyadh.
From the war in Yemen to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Washington has invested heavily in a relationship built largely on the personal bond between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. With Prince Mohammed widely suspected of having ordered Khashoggi’s murder inside a diplomatic facility on NATO soil, that strategy is now in jeopardy.
