James Cleverly MP | U.S.A & Global Leadership Debate | Proposition (7/8) | Oxford Union

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Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has held a pre-eminent position in the Global Order. It has dominated the world stage diplomatically, economically, and militarily, leading the actions of NATO and the West in affairs ranging from Iraq to the financial crisis. However, as diplomatic power shifts from West to East, politicians on every continent are starting to question their nation’s position in relation to the United States, a process only accelerated by President Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy. Has time run out for American global leadership?
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Proposition Speakers
1. Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Rifkind KCMG QC
Former Secretary of State for Scotland, Defence Secretary, and Foreign Secretary under Thatcher and Major. He served as Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, providing oversight of MI5, MI6, and GCHQ.
2. Congresswoman Jane Harman
Former Democratic Congresswoman for California’s 36th congressional district and President of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She was the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and Homeland Security Committee’s intelligence subcommittee.
3. James Cleverly MP: Conservative MP for Braintree, and Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa. He served as Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party.
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Opposition Speakers
1. His Excellency Ambassador Andrey Kelin: Russian Ambassador to the UK. He has been in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1979, serving as the Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO and the Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
2. Professor Amitav Acharya
Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University, Washington DC, and author of The End of the American World Order. He has made major contributions to constructivism and Asian regionalism.

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[dragoaus]

Only politician can speak for 10 minutes and literally don't say anything of substance...

This is best example

[carolinecollett]

Tommy Robinson carries a lot of weight and his followers are voters ! The English Defence League is active as are extreme far right organisations. Keep violence at bay by changing lives at the bottom of the pile

[carolinecollett]

One fifth of the population (14 million people) live in poverty. 1.5 million of the population experienced destitution in 2017. Close to 40% of children are predicted to be living in poverty by 2021. Food banks have proliferated.

[malcnixon]

Quite possibly the least intelligent person in UK Government...

[carolinecollett]

They have a finger in every pie with regard to businesses

[carolinecollett]

At the moment the buzz word for a foreign country is Afghanistan 🇦🇫, omitting Countries I could reel off as in despairing circumstances that are also pitifully struggling from food shortages, living in camps, inhumane living conditions. My God, the slums

[carolinecollett]

While we in the west was at war, they were building their empires .

[carolinecollett]

The ordinary people like me have no concept of the terms used communism or fascism as we live the life

[carolinecollett]

Most of the West African migrants who fail to reach Europe eventually return to their own countries, but it can be a bitter homecoming. In Sierra Leone, returnees are often rejected by relatives and friends. They're seen as failures, and many stole from their families to pay for their journey.

[carolinecollett]

We live hand to mouth in our own country and makes no difference to the poor how we are perceived as long as we are fed, warm and live comfortably in nice accommodation and not stuck in a high rises

[starwonder]

"THE GREAT RESET"? BY PROFESSOR WALTER VEITH AND MARTIN SMITH YOU TUBE POWERFUL POWERFUL WATCH FROM SOUTH AFRICA ENJOY ❤️🙏🏾❤️

[carolinecollett]

We want and need to be on friendly terms with Russia and China 🇨🇳 because their my have a finger in every pie

[carolinecollett]

The children living in extreme poverty in my country ( England) must be put first and leave the billionaires who are philanthropists to help relieve poverty in countries of their choices as we can name numerous poverty struck countries that are in dire need of jobs, better standards of living conditions

[TheWayOfAlex]

It's USA, and even if it were U.S.A. it would have the third full stop at the end. Oxford should know better.

[carolinecollett]

there are 34, 161 Sierra Leonean immigrants living in United States, who maybe in a better position to financially help their country of origin . Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
He holds 5 doctorate degrees, speaks 18 languages and he's published 66 books and over 600 research papers. Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura is one of the most educated people in the world. The renowned Sierra Leonean academic has circled the globe many times over

[carolinecollett]

We stand with Nigel Farage, Richard Tice behind their outspoken views and we the indigenous citizens demand changes for our own country

[carolinecollett]

Our own children must come first as there is a food bank to every McDonald’s and that is testament

[wildandbarefoot]

Cleverly by name...
Nature and Nurture and Feature are somewhat wanting. Resorting to a music analogy and perhaps a political one, he is "a bag of licks".

[carolinecollett]

We want English indigenous people running our government

[kinggeorge]

A foreign secretary of the United Kingdom which once presided over 25% of the world's land mass - who has a degree in hospitality management from the Ealing College of Higher