{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Thatcher to Trump: Lawrence Freedman on UK foreign policy in wars and crises","description":"  Lawrence Freedman, author and international relations authority, reflects on the \u2018utter chaos\u2019 of the Trump administration, America\u2019s \u2018catastrophic\u2019 foreign policy, the likelihood of an international shock to Britain\u2019s politics, the impact of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in his time working at Chatham House, his meetings with KGB agents,&amp;nbsp;and much more,&amp;nbsp;in a wide-ranging conversation with Olivia O\u2019Sullivan, director of the UK in the World Programme, Chatham House.\u202f&amp;nbsp;   For an edited version of this conversation, read the summer issue of\u202fThe World Today, including:\u202f&amp;nbsp;    &amp;nbsp;Article |\u202fCan the deal between the US and Iran become a lasting settlement?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp;Article |\u202f\u2018Happy vassal\u2019 or \u2018strategic hedging\u2019? Europe\u2019s hard choices as NATO crumbles&amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp;Article |\u202fThe Open Centre: Reimagining Europe\u2019s offer to a fractured world&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  Lawrence Freedman\u2019s latest book is \u2018On Strategists and Strategy: Collected Essays 2014-2024\u2019 (Oxford University Press) and he contributed a chapter to the recently published \u2018Chatham House: The First Hundred Years\u2019 (Oxford University Press). He also co-authors \u2018Comment is Freed\u2019, a Substack newsletter. ","author_name":"Chatham House specials","author_url":"http:\/\/undercurrents.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41646285\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/41646285"}