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The prince of counterterrorism

September 29, 2015, Bruce Riedel

In this Brookings Essay, Bruce Riedel tells the story of Muhammad bin Nayef, Washington’s favorite Saudi. The Crown Prince is the scourge of al-Qaida and Iran but no friend of those who seek reform.

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