Saudi money and Western academe

I was discussing this with the courageous Saudi scholar, Madawi Rasheed.  We were discussing the extent to which Saudi money is going around US and European universities.  She shared with me information about various Saudi funding in European universities.  I told her: we need somebody to do a study or a book about Saudi financial roles in various Western academic institutions.  This really is crucial.  Can you imagine if the Taliban had oil and went about funding Western research centers?