A Ukrainian serviceman drives a British FV103 Spartan armoured personnel carrier to the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region where Russia has focused its offensive. Photographer: Roman PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)On today’s Inside Politics podcast, Hugh is joined by David Rieff. David is the author of many books, including In Praise of Forgetting.
He talks to Hugh about the idea of a just war and its relevance to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, the remilitarisation of Europe and the decline of Pax Americana, as well as the rise of anti-establishment populism and why he believes contemporary trends in technology, capitalism and politics will inevitably lead to the end of high culture and the triumph of kitsch.
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