After the Khashoggi murder, the kingdom has fallen back on the tactic of wielding its oil wealth to buy loyalty. On Oct. 23, three days after Saudi Arabia admitted that its agents had killed the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, headlined a session at an economic conference in Riyadh from which … Continue reading MOHAMAD BAZZI. How Saudi Arabia wins friends (New York Times, 29.10.18)… Continue reading »