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For American interests in Saudi Arabia, a choice between restaurants and Jamal Khashoggi

By Tom Rogan
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For American interests in Saudi Arabia, a choice between restaurants and Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Arabia’s decision on Sunday to end sex-based restaurant segregation illustrates a stark choice facing U.S. policymakers.

Those policymakers can isolate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by aggressively confronting his repression, or they can support bin Salman’s effort to diversify his economy and modernize his society. The two interests are mutually exclusive. Yet both have compelling arguments in their favor.

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