US magazine Foreign Policy published a lengthy analytical article by Stephen Cook saying that Saudi Arabia is going to assassinate US policy in the Middle East through its ill-advised moves.

The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud is not only distorting his reputation, but may also destroy American policies in the region.

He notes that the case of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at his consulate in Istanbul earlier this month captured the attention of the White House, US officials and the American media more than the interest in the case of Monica Lewinsky in 1998.

Cook believes that there are reasons behind this great focus on the issue of Khashoggi's death, including that he worked for an American newspaper, in addition to the relationship between the administration of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia, especially with Ben Salman.

He said that such a relationship would give a lot of unfair bias to Saudi Arabia, although a number of prominent Republicans strongly want to impose severe sanctions on Saudi Arabia.

Stephen Cook: Mohammed bin Salman lacks political stature (Reuters)

A reckless ally
Another motive behind the intense focus on Khashoggi's case is that it raises troubling questions about the extent of Riyadh's influence on elites in Washington.

The issue also deepens the debate over the wisdom of linking Washington to close ties with the Saudi Crown Prince, who appears to be reckless and lacks political wisdom. In addition to killing Khashoggi, he is also assassinating US policy in the Middle East.

He points to Trump's approach to the Middle East, where Saudi Arabia and Bin Salman won a prominent position in Washington, where the Saudis initiated unlimited support for Trump after pledging to keep his election promises.

Among these promises are a withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal and a strict response to Iranian military adventures across the region.

Khashoggi's death raises questions about bin Salman's role

Nuisance
Saudi Arabia supported Trump when it sought to destroy the Islamic state's organization, and pledged to support its efforts to push for a Palestinian-Israeli peace accord, as well as its pledge to buy sophisticated weapons.

The writer points to the relationship between Jared Kouchner, 37, Trump's chief adviser and the 33-year-old Saudi crown prince, who says that while Kouchner lacks diplomatic experience, Bin Salman is far from the international diplomatic corps.

Despite Saudi support for the United States, Saudi Arabia has been nothing but a nuisance, he said, adding that despite Bin Salman's reforms, his country is facing a wave of unprecedented repression and his thirst for power and governance would destabilize his country.

At the level of foreign policy, the writer says that Riyadh has no achievements, but it has entered into a dispute with Canada on Twitter, which made Riyadh look pathetic and weak contrary to what it wanted to show the world.

The siege of Qatar
Bin Salman Bader and his ally, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, in addition to Egypt and Bahrain, have imposed a blockade on Qatar in early June 2017. The only thing that has been achieved by this blockade is the inconvenience of planners working on the US defense strategy, Who were seeking to fight terrorism and contain Iran.

He points out that the Palestinians do not trust the Saudis to be neutral interlocutors in the Trump administration's efforts to persuade Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to surrender to the Israelis.

The worst is Saudi Arabia's disastrous intervention in Yemen, where the United States has found itself linked to a strategic ally stuck in a war against Yemen that he can not win, a war that is draining his country's wealth and taking over Iran's balance of power in the region.

Khashoggi killed
Returning to the current crisis and the killing of Khashoggi, the writer says that this ally, represented by Ben Salman, created an international uproar by killing a journalist who posed no threat to Saudi Arabia and its national security.

He concludes that the Saudis seem to insist that they prove to the world that they are incompetent, arrogant, ignorant of the rules of government and have a misconception about their greatness, calling on them to act as adults.