About this episode

The episode discusses US foreign policy pressures, the rise of populism in Britain, and Canada's new Governor General from the Laurentian elite.

Tickets to our May 20th Munk Debate on Foreign Wars taking place in Toronto and featuring Mike Pompeo, Victoria Nuland, John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, are now on sale. Visit https://munkdebates.com/debates/foreign-wars-debate/ to purchase tickets.   Trump's pause on escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz has less to do with pressure from Iran and more to do with pressure from Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile the U.S. has not done anything to protect the UAE which is under sustained attack from Iran. What happened to the US security guarantee to the Gulf States? In the second half of the show Rudyard and Janice turn to two previous Munk Debaters - Louise Arbour and Nigel Farage - who were in the news this week for different reasons. Nigel had a great night in Britain with his Reform Party trouncing Labour in local council elections. The rise of populism in Britain, on both the left and right, is due to the failure of governance and the political ineptness of their Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In Canada former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour was appointed as the country's new Governor General. Why is Ottawa unwilling—or incapable—of promoting talent beyond the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Rudyard, Janice

Topics covered

• US foreign policy
• populism in Britain
• Canada's political elite
• Gulf States security
• local elections
• leadership transition

Keywords

• Trump
• Gulf States
• populism
• Canada
• Governor General
• local elections
• foreign policy
• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• Laurentian elite

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reform Party

Places: Britain, Canada, UAE, Ottawa, Saudi Arabia, Iran

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