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Jan 2024
53m 15s

David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts on Con...

Open to Debate
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Debate is a form of conflict that is played out through civility, and the capability to exchange ideas with people we disagree with. But what leads leaders and countries to fall into conflict? In this conversation with Retired U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus and historian Lord Andrew Roberts, guest moderator Xenia Wickett speaks with them about their new book, the nature of military conflict, and how civil debate and conflict are intertwined. 

 

Our Guests:  

 

General David H. Petraeus, U.S. Army Retired General; Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Former CIA Director   

 

Andrew Roberts, Biographer, Historian, and Member of the U.K. Parliament 

 

Xenia Wickett, Geopolitical strategist and moderator at Wickett Advisory and Trustee of Transparency International UK, is the guest moderator. 

 

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