Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
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What King Salman’s grand tour of Asia says about Saudi Arabia’s new priorities

The first tour through Asia in half a century by a Saudi monarch has significance that we would do well to take careful note of

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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo presents a photo album with images from their meeting in Bogor the previous day to Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdul Aziz in Jakarta on March 3, 2017. Photo: AFP
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David Dodwell

David Dodwell

David Dodwell is the executive director of the Hong Kong-APEC Trade Policy Study Group, a trade policy think tank.