Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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But first, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is pivoting eastward.

This week, he's on a tour of Asia.

We believe that Pakistan is going to be a very, very important country in the coming future.

And we want to be sure that we are part of that.

With stops in Pakistan, India and China, the trip is a strategically important one for the Prince.

He has had a very rocky six months.

He's been accused of ordering the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate Nistan

Ball.

His violent death has rocked relations between the West and Saudi Arabia.

So this tour is a way of cleansing away some of the diplomatic opprobrium that is attached

to him in the West.

Shishank Joshi is our defense editor.

He is looking for friends who will perhaps focus on other more harmonious matters.

In Pakistan, he has a very pliant friend,

but also India and China,

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