The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi sheds light on the “brutal” and “authoritarian” rule of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, French political scientist Nabil Mouline tells Euronews.
ADVERTISEMENTThe murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has “lifted the veil off” of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “reformist and modern image” to reveal his “brutal and authoritarian rule”, senior researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Nabil Mouline told Euronews.
“It’s left Prince Mohammed very weak inside and outside the kingdom.”
Until now, the crown prince was known in the western world as a “modern prince” who would lead the country’s economic and social reforms.
But with the growing international scepticism over the story about Khashoggi’s death, “he will no longer be able to present himself as a reformist that will transform Saudi Arabia from an archaic monarchy into a modern kingdom,” said Mouline.
“The Khashoggi case is like the tree…
