Author: France is turning blind eye to Saudi's dangerous power games
Author Pierre Conesa explains how ignoring the kingdom's split personality in terms of diplomacy could pose problems for France
French president François Hollande presents the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Nayef, with the Order of the Legion of Honour on a visit to Paris, 4 March 2016 (AFP)
Pierre Conesa's new book on Saudi's soft power projection opens with a quote from Richard Holbrooke, former US ambassador to the UN, that sets the tone for what follows: “The Saudis exported their problems by funding the schools, the madrassas, all over the Islamic world.”
