President Xi of China arrived in Riyadh on Wednesday for a three-day visit to the Saudi kingdom and a meeting with Gulf leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Host Marco Werman examines what each leader stands to gain from this summit and how their growing cooperation affects their power relationship with the United States, in a conversation with Robert Mogielnicki, a Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgetown University.
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