24 Oct 2018

Jamal Khashoggi & the US-Saudi relationship

From Nine To Noon, 9:19 am on 24 October 2018
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As Turkish investigators intensify their search for the remains of the dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, how will the United States respond?

Kathryn talks with Barak Barfi - a research fellow at the New America Foundation where he specializes in Arab and Islamic affairs.

He believes any deterioration in the US-Saudi relationship will be short lived because the Saudis are too important to American national security.

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