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HARDtalk: Sir Peter Westmacott - Former UK ambassador to the US

Sir Peter Westmacott - Former UK ambassador to the US

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Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador in Washington.

In a world of uncertainty, are we at a point of peak geopolitical risk? Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Peter Westmacott who was Britain's ambassador in Washington, Paris and Ankara. 

Wherever you look in geopolitics today there is an overwhelming sense of uncertainty, and its not just because we’re still grappling with a global pandemic. Russian troops are massing on the Ukrainian border, China and the US are locked in cold war style hostility. Cyber-warfare makes states, systems and individuals feel newly vulnerable. Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Peter Westmacott who was Britain's ambassador in Washington, Paris and Ankara. Are we at a point of peak geopolitical risk?

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