13 June 2017
06 minutes
All this week The Globalist is looking at the relationship between the countries on the Arabian Peninsula. Sir William Patey, who was the UK’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, tells Monocle’s Henry Rees-Sheridan why he thinks the kingdom has become the dominant force in the region.
13 June 2017
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