EA on Voice of Islam: Why Saudi Arabia May Escape Punishment Over Khashoggi Murder

Posted by Scott Lucas | Nov 4, 2018 | 0

I joined Voice of Islam Radio on Saturday morning for a full-and-frank, 20-minute discussion, considering the politics after the October 2 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

The conversation begins with the US-Saudi relationship, explaining in three words why Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman will not face any Washington calls for punishment: oil, arms, and Iran.

But we put this in a wider context in which other countries may have influence, such as Turkey’s pressure on Riyadh amid a competition for influence in the Middle East and beyond.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

EA on Voice of Islam: Why Saudi Arabia May Escape Punishment Over Khashoggi Murder

I joined Voice of Islam Radio on Saturday morning for a full-and-frank, 20-minute discussion, considering the politics after the October 2 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

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