{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/61604cb1fc6e0b001295d812?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The retreat of the West is a disaster - Bernard-Henri Lévy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/1632244808047-b5b0828216bf8be7b026c08ba39d3ad8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Freddie Sayers speaks to Bernard-Henri Lévy.</p><p><br></p><p>Few have made the case for liberal interventionism more consistently than Bernard-Henri Lévy. Despite setbacks in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, the French public intellectual’s worldview has remained largely unchanged.</p><p><br></p><p>But with the Taliban now in control of Afghanistan — and signs of resistance dwindling — is he still convinced the West was right to be there at all?</p><p><br></p><p>He joined Freddie Sayers in our London studio to discuss his new book, The Will to See.</p><p><br></p><p>Read more at <a href=\"www.unherd.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">unherd.com</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"UnHerd"}