From pariah to peacemaker? New chapter for Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia

Since last July, when Joe Biden visited, the same MBS has cut deals with Washington's rivals, signing unprecedented pacts with China and agreeing to oil production cuts with under-sanctions Russia. But the channels are far from cut with the US. Can Saudi Arabia be all things to all powers?

More broadly, how much has the kingdom changed – or not – since the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018? Has MBS changed and if so, in what way?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Guillaume Gougeon.

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