Doug Stokes is Senior Advisor to the Legatum Institute and Professor in International Security and Strategy in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter. He has published several books and articles on US foreign policy, grand strategy and world order, the latest of which is 'Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West' available here: https://amzn.eu/d/602bJDk #politics #philosophy #interview Doug Stokes is also among a long list of TRIGGERnometry guests who will be speaking at the forthcoming Battle of Ideas festival - a free speech event taking place in London 28-29th October 2023. Members of the TRIGGERnometry Locals community can get 20% off their tickets! Visit: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ SPONSORED BY: EasyDNS - domain name registrar provider and web host. Use special code: TRIGGERED for 50% off when you visit https://easydns.com/triggered/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:59 Doug’s Background 03:04 Post-George Floyd Decolonisation 05:39 The Bigger Picture of the Cultural War 14:20 The Danger of No Longer Valuing Truth 19:22 Sponsor Message: Battle of Ideas Festival 20:20 How ‘Lived Experience’ Has Become Tyrannical 26:23 We Have Lost Any Attachment to Our Values 36:38 Does the UK Really Care About Freedom? 41:46 Sponsor Message: EasyDNS 42:52 Consequences of Eradicating Meritocracy 45:58 The West’s Obsession with Feelings & Wellbeing 53:17 Why Would We Fight for Anything When We Are Already So Comfortable? 59:06 Is There an Absence of Leadership in the West? 1:04:31 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/