The idea that he would be tortured and murdered by the regime that he had worked for,

that he kind of believed in, that, I mean, that I think just almost everybody seemed impossible. What happens if there are no

What happens if there are no consequences for something like, I don't know, murder?

What if there were no global order to bring penalties?

Would that make it easier for it to happen again?

Hi, I'm Ian Bremmer, and welcome to GZero World.

The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Turkey

is indeed a test of our G-Zero world,

one seeming absent of global leadership.

That's why I started this show,

to help guide you through some uncertain times

when there's no single world leader at the helm.

So when it comes to killings,

can foreign leaders wipe out their critics with impunity?

I'll examine that question

with a man who came to know Khashoggi

personally over the past 15 years.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner,

Nick Christoff of the New York Times.

But first, a word from the folks

who helped us keep the lights on. It was a tremendous mistake.

Those were the words of Saudi Arabia's foreign minister when asked about the killing of

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