The Evening Standard, April 5, Martina Bet
The West must ensure Ukraine does not lose the war, Conservative former leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has said.
In a speech on the threats posed to the free world by dictatorial regimes, including China and Russia, hosted by the Heritage Foundation, senior Conservative MP Sir Iain argued that since the ending of the Cold War, there has been “every reason to doubt the West’s resolve”.
The MP for Chingford and Woodford Green told the American-based conservative think tank that for too long, liberal democracies deluded themselves that as countries like Russia and China embraced market economics, so they would come to share the values of freedom and democracy at the heart of the West.
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