Sir Vince Cable: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy
May 7, 2026
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Sir Vince Cable: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy
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Summary
In this Conflicted Conversation, Thomas talks to Sir Vince Cable, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK, about his new book Eclipsing the West: China, India and the forging of a new world.
Sir Vince discusses:
Postcolonial state-building, development economics, and his formative experiences in Kenya
Globalisation, financialisation, and the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis
The rise of China and India as “superstates” in a new tripolar world
Geo-economics, US–China rivalry, and the breakdown of the liberal international order
Democracy versus authoritarianism and the crisis of liberal governance
Ideology, nationalism, and the limits of rationality in geopolitics
Multipolarity, global disorder, climate crisis, and the future of world order
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