The Briefing Room

Is it Saudi's century?

08.03.2023 - By BBC Radio 4Play

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With vast financial resources and a new found desire to engage in regional and global diplomacy, Saudi Arabia has got the world's attention. But just how powerful can it become? David Aaronovitch talks to: Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent

Quinn Slobodian, Professor of History at Wellesley College and author of Crack-Up Capitalism

Simon Chadwick, Professor of sport and geopolitical economy at Skema Business School in Paris

Cinzia Bianco, visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations

Safa al-Ahmad, Saudi journalist and documentary maker Produced by: Ben Carter, Diane Richardson and Kirsteen Knight

Edited by: Richard Vadon

Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar

Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown and Sophie Hill

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