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#BattleFest2021: What are Western values - and should we defend them?
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#BattleFest2021: What are Western values - and should we defend them?

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WHAT ARE WESTERN VALUES - AND SHOULD WE DEFEND THEM?

A new #BattleFest recording from the Battle of Ideas festival 2021:
 https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/what-are-western-values-and-should-we-defend-them/

 

The recent abandonment of Afghanistan by the UK and the US is widely seen as a humiliating defeat for the West. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the hurried exit and its consequences have led to a soul-searching discussion about what the West really means today. Are we prepared to fight for Western values, and do we even agree on what Western values are?

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