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The retired diplomat Amadou Diop, who served under Presidents Senghor, Diouf, and Wade, has aptly described Senegal ’s strengths and weaknesses in international affairs: “When we look at Saudi Arabia, its people have wealth based largely upon petrol, China has human capital, the US has financial capital.
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Bodian, M., Kelly, C.L. (2018). Senegalese Foreign Policy: Leadership Through Soft Power from Senghor to Sall. In: Warner, J., Shaw, T. (eds) African Foreign Policies in International Institutions. Contemporary African Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57574-6_21
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