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Deniability - MBS, Saudiarabien och Khashoggi

Wallin, Viktor Jack Kenneth LU (2022) UNDK02 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to assess whether Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia sought deniability in regard to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Almost from the outset, the assumption is made that they wanted to deny their involvement and the objective is moved to determine what type of deniability – either plausible or implausible – seem to have been their goal. The frameworks for the two types of deniability are constructed from definitions made by Michael Poznansky as well as Rory Cormac and Richard J. Aldrich – and make up the study's theoretical framework. State and executive deniability are incorporated as different directions each type of deniability can take. Subsequently, the congruence method is applied to give structure... (More)
The purpose of this study is to assess whether Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia sought deniability in regard to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Almost from the outset, the assumption is made that they wanted to deny their involvement and the objective is moved to determine what type of deniability – either plausible or implausible – seem to have been their goal. The frameworks for the two types of deniability are constructed from definitions made by Michael Poznansky as well as Rory Cormac and Richard J. Aldrich – and make up the study's theoretical framework. State and executive deniability are incorporated as different directions each type of deniability can take. Subsequently, the congruence method is applied to give structure to the analysis of the case and bring reliability to whatever findings it engenders. Finally, the analysis examines all parts that can be of interest concerning deniability by following a timeline from before the murder until the most recent developments. The findings indicate that deniability somewhere in between plausible and implausible – directed towards executive deniability – was sought. (Less)
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author
Wallin, Viktor Jack Kenneth LU
supervisor
organization
course
UNDK02 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Deniability, plausible deniability, implausible deniability, state deniability, executive deniability, Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia.
language
Swedish
id
9071049
date added to LUP
2022-03-18 11:00:47
date last changed
2022-03-18 11:00:47
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to assess whether Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi Arabia sought deniability in regard to the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Almost from the outset, the assumption is made that they wanted to deny their involvement and the objective is moved to determine what type of deniability – either plausible or implausible – seem to have been their goal. The frameworks for the two types of deniability are constructed from definitions made by Michael Poznansky as well as Rory Cormac and Richard J. Aldrich – and make up the study's theoretical framework. State and executive deniability are incorporated as different directions each type of deniability can take. Subsequently, the congruence method is applied to give structure to the analysis of the case and bring reliability to whatever findings it engenders. Finally, the analysis examines all parts that can be of interest concerning deniability by following a timeline from before the murder until the most recent developments. The findings indicate that deniability somewhere in between plausible and implausible – directed towards executive deniability – was sought.}},
  author       = {{Wallin, Viktor Jack Kenneth}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Deniability - MBS, Saudiarabien och Khashoggi}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}