Jeremy Hunt: Democracy’s Defeat Is Not Inevitable

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Thomas talks with Sir Jeremy Hunt about the challenges facing liberal democracy and the geopolitical landscape.

In this latest Conflicted Conversation, Thomas talks with Tory MP Sir Jeremy Hunt. Over fourteen years of Conservative government, Hunt served as Culture Secretary, Health Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. But in this discussion, Jeremy draws especially on his eventful year running the Foreign Office to argue against Western defeatism and to make the case for liberal democracy. Sir Jeremy discusses: The view from inside power during Britain’s 2010–2024 crisis years Britain’s imperial inheritance, post-Brexit identity, and the “Global Britain” problem Trump’s 2018 NATO shock and Hunt’s case for higher European defence spending China, Russia and Iran as the new autocratic challenge to liberal democracy Yemen and the Stockholm Agreement as a tragic test of humanitarian diplomacy Iran, hostage diplomacy, the JCPOA and the limits of Western coercive power Join the Conflicted Community here: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm Find us on X: https://x.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conflictedpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Conflicted is a Message…

People in this episode

Host: Thomas

Guest: Sir Jeremy Hunt

Topics covered

• democracy
• Western defeatism
• liberal democracy
• foreign policy
• humanitarian diplomacy
• geopolitical challenges

Keywords

• democracy
• foreign office
• defense spending
• autocratic challenge
• humanitarian diplomacy
• hostage diplomacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Conservative government, NATO, Global Britain

Places: Britain, Iran, China, Russia

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