Is it Saudi's century? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

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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