Mohammed bin Salman’s Ruthless Quest for Global Power

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Thirty-five-year-old Mohammed bin Salman’s sudden rise stunned the world. Political and business leaders such as former Prime Minister Tony Blair and WME Chairman Ari Emmanuel flew out to meet with the Crown Prince and came away convinced that his desire to reform the kingdom was sincere.

But soon ‘MBS’ began to betray an erratic interior beneath the polish laid on by scores of consultants and public relations experts like McKinsey & Company. It seemed that he did not understand nor care about how the outside world would react to his flexing of autocratic muscle. The allegations of excess and about the brutality of his regime began to slip out. Then there was the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Bradley Hope and Justin Scheck cover malfeasance and intercontinental white collar crime for the Wall Street Journal. Now they join How To Academy to share their investigations into the crown prince’s extraordinary rise to power—and reveal new, behind-the-scenes insights into his regime.

In conversation with broadcaster Matthew Stadlen, they will explore MBS’s connections to Steve Bannon and the Trump White House, reveal never-before-seen reports of MBS threatening Pakistan, throwing a party in the Maldives with 150 prostitutes flown in, paying a Twitter employee to uncover anonymous accounts of the regime’s critics—and much more.

It’s an unmissable event for anyone concerned with the future of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, or the international order.

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