HARDtalkRory Stewart - Chair of UK Defence Select Committee
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S19 • E1 6 gen 2015 30minStephen Sackur speaks to Rory Stewart, a British Conservative MP who has worked in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
After protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the appetite for military intervention in the west has all but disappeared. But given the threat of jihadist extremism and the spread of turmoil across the Middle east, non-intervention is seen as an unacceptable risk. The net result is uncertainty.
After protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan the appetite for military intervention in the west has all but disappeared. But given the threat of jihadist extremism and the spread of turmoil across the Middle east, non-intervention is seen as an unacceptable risk. The net result is uncertainty.