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An ex-Al Qaeda jihadi turned MI6 spy and a former monk turned filmmaker, have been embedded at the heart of conflicts in the Middle East. Together Aimen Dean and Thomas Small unpack the realities of war, fundamentalism and their global implications through first-hand experience.

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Adrian Wooldridge: Can Liberalism Save Itself?

October 8, 2026

Thomas Small (0:06)

Liberalism For centuries, liberalism promised to liberate the individual from inherited hierarchies, to restrain the abuse of power, and to create a society in which disagreement could flourish without descending into violence.

But today, the liberal order is under pressure. From populism, identity politics, economic disruption, and a growing sense that freedom itself has become unmoored from responsibility. So did the creed that helped make the modern West possible, ultimately contain the seeds of its own undoing? Adrian Wooldridge is a…

Adrian Wooldridge (1:45)

You're extremely kind. It's great to be here.

Thomas Small (1:47)

Adrian, you are a tremendously distinguished journalist. You worked for The Economist for 32 years. You wrote its Lexington column on America, its Schumpeter column on capitalism, and its Badget column on Britain, which you began just as the Brexit crisis broke out, and Brexit was not something The Economist thought…

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