From ‘pariah’ to partner, Saudi leader defies threats to isolate him

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ISTANBUL – US President Joe Biden vowed during his quest for the White House to make the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, a “pariah” over the killing and dismemberment of a dissident. He threatened the Prince again last autumn with “consequences” for defying the United States’ wishes on oil policy. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called Crown Prince Mohammed, the oil-rich kingdom’s de facto ruler, a “wrecking ball” who could “never be a leader on the world stage”. And Mr Jay Monahan, the head of golf’s prestigious PGA Tour, suggested that players who joined a rival Saudi-backed league betrayed the...