Nick Spencer speaks with Samir Puri, Director of the Centre for Global Governance and Security at Chatham House. 27/05/2025

The idea of the West – its foundations, its values, its future – has become much debated over recent months. 

What does the political rise of China mean for us? What about the economic rise of the BRICS nations? Or the demographic rise of the global south? Where will power and influence tilt, and to what effect? Is it all over for “the West”? 

This week Nick Spencer talks with Samir Puri, Director of the Global Governance and Security Centre for Chatham House, about his book ‘Westlessness: the great global rebalancing’ 

Purchase Samir’s book here.

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