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Intelligence Squared

The West Should Cut Ties With Saudi Arabia

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🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Should the West end its alliance with the Saudi regime? Or should we give its Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman a chance? In this Intelligence Squared podcast we were joined by Mehdi Hasan, Madawi al-Rasheed, Mamoun Fandy, Crispin Blunt and Lyse Doucet. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to this week's podcast with myself Farra Gisat. This week we look at the future of the West's relationship with Saudi Arabia.

1:07.0

Daniel was the producer of this week's event. We had a fiery debate. Daniel, what was the topic?

1:12.0

Thanks Farra. So the debate motion was the topic? Thanks Farah.

1:13.0

So the debate motion was the West should cut ties with Saudi Arabia and it's a topic that we felt

1:18.2

it's really important to explore after the killing of Jamal Kachoggi and the war in Yemen that's been taking place over many years.

1:25.6

So we put together a really great panel.

1:27.6

We had Meadeh Hassan and Madawi al-Rashid against Mamun Fandy and Crispin Blunt MP and the debate was chaired by the BBC's

1:36.0

chief international correspondent, Leise duet. As you'll probably hear, the debate did get

1:41.0

a bit heated at times, didn't it Farah? It definitely did and the debate did get a bit heated at times didn't it far.

1:42.8

It definitely did and the debate is still continuing online.

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