Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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2024 Defence Lecture at Newcastle University

Chaired by Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History and Co-Chair, Public Lectures Committee

The crisis in the Middle East pushed the crisis in Ukraine into the shadows. And yet the stakes over both could not be higher. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are openly challenging the liberal democratic order we have grown used to. If they win, it will be a very uncomfortable world to live in. The former UK Defence Secretary, and Secretary General of NATO, considers what can be done.

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