Time for nation building?
From No Sacred Cows by The Political Power Works
June 5, 2026 · 46 min · Season 2 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode discusses the relevance of national security and defence in political debates amidst global instability, featuring insights from Jeegar Kakkad.
This week, we ask whether Westminster is still fighting yesterday’s battles while the world moves on. Public First’s Jeegar Kakkad joins us to examine why defence and national security remain peripheral to political debate, despite growing global instability, as well as consider what a serious programme of national resilience might look like, and whether a new politics of nation building could offer an answer to both international insecurity and domestic stagnation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Guest: Jeegar Kakkad
Topics covered
- nation building
- defence
- national security
- political debate
- global instability
- national resilience
Keywords
- nation building
- defence
- national security
- political debate
- global instability
- national resilience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Public First
Places: Westminster
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