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What is the UK’s place in Trump’s world?

Former national security adviser Peter Ricketts joins the podcast team to make sense of America’s place in the world – and what it means for the UK.

With Donald Trump making a series of headline-making statements on Ukraine and its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former national security adviser Peter Ricketts joins the podcast team to make sense of America’s place in the world – and what it means for the UK and Europe.

British politicians have been scrambling to respond, not least defence secretary John Healey – who this week was speaking at the IfG on a stage bedecked with union flags. We’ll catch up with what Healey had to say, and try and make sense of what Trump is up to.

Plus: Something a little bit lighter. We’ve got a new batch of our Ministers Reflect interviews out, this time featuring Matt Hancock. We’ll give you the highlights.

What we talked about in this episode

People featured in this episode

Topic
Civil service Ministers
Keywords
Defence and security Foreign affairs Cabinet
Country (international)
United States
Political party
Labour
Position
Secretary of state
Administration
Starmer government
Department
Ministry of Defence
Series
Ministers Reflect
Public figures
Donald Trump John Healey Matt Hancock
Publisher
Institute for Government

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