Eliza Manningham-Buller: Freedom
Former MI5 Director General Eliza Manningham-Buller discusses foreign policy in her third Reith Lecture.
In this third and final Reith lecture the former Director General of the security service (MI5), Eliza Manningham-Buller, discusses policy priorities since 9.11. She reflects on the Arab Spring, and argues that the West's support of authoritarian regimes did, to some extent, fuel the growth of Al-Qaeda. The lecture also considers when we should talk to "terrorists".
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- Tue 20 Sep 2011 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 24 Sep 2011 22:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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