Hey guys, one of the biggest stories on the planet is the alleged murder of a Saudi

journalist, most recently working for an American newspaper, The Washington Post and living in

Virginia, who went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, and never came out. This is a really big story, not just

because of the allegations around what would be a state-sponsored assassination, but it involves

an American NATO ally, Turkey, and our Middle East ally, Saudi Arabia. And lurking in the

background of all of this is Iran. If there's one person to talk to you

about Saudi Arabia and Turkey, it's Jonathan Shanzer, vice president at the Foundation for Defense

of Democracies. What I'm hearing from folks who've seen some of the intel is that they are

reasonably certain, in fact, almost entirely certain that Saudi Arabia was responsible for the death of

Jamal Khashoggi.

And if Saudi Arabia is responsible for this murder, what does that mean?

What's at stake?

Well, there are a few things.

I mean, number one, this took place on foreign soil, allegedly in a consulate.

There's a lot, I think, of lessons to be learned about this if you are a rogue state.

So if you're China or you're Russia or you're North Korea or even Turkey, for that matter, and you're seeing that you can get away with this,

then it is the exact wrong message for the United States to be sending.

So I think there's a lot on the line here.

On top of that, there is kind of the broader question of Saudi Arabia.

As we all know, they have a very powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who over the last, you know, year or two has really been touting this reform program, something called Vision 2030, where by 2030, Saudi Arabia was going to really decrease its dependence on oil, increase education in the kingdom.

And we've seen elements of this reform start to kick in. Women are

driving. They're opening up movie theaters. And overall, the kind of repression that we've seen

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