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Jun 2021
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Ben Rhodes: President Biden's foreign po...

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Stephen Sackur speaks to former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama, Ben Rhodes. He has written a new book, After the Fall, reflecting on his time in the White House, the legacy of President Trump and the foreign policy challenges facing President Biden. With the rise of authoritarian, nationalist trends around the world, is the US in any position to lead a much touted global alliance of democracies?

(Photo: Ben Rhodes appears via video link on Hardtalk)

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