Political Thinking with Nick Robinson
Sep 18, 2026 · 41 min · 13 segments
Tom Tugendhat on Trump's diplomacy, the Afghanistan withdrawal and being sanctioned by China Does the Shadow Foreign Secretary think Trump's remarks on Ireland and the Falkland Islands are serious?…
Nick RobinsonHostAnd what we're seeing out of China is pretty dizzying in terms of transformation as well.
But actually, the reason I call them surface issues is not because they're not important.
The other issues, as it were, that aren't being noticed as much but are having massive implications are demographics.
Secondly, of course, the area that we... don't usually think of as foreign policy, but fundamentally is, which is technology.
You know, the way in which markets work, power flows, you know, influence sits, has gone from being, you know, agricultural or mechanical to fundamentally digital.
Most people, if they were asked about the change, would start with Donald Trump.
They'd say, look, there's a new guy as leader of the free world who doesn't believe in the rules that we used to play by, doesn't believe in the alliances that we used to have.
Now, you're arguing there's a whole series of other trends that are as important, perhaps even more important.
And what we're seeing out of China is pretty dizzying in terms of transformation as well.
But actually, the reason I call them surface issues is not because they're not important.
The other issues, as it were, that aren't being noticed as much but are having massive implications are demographics.
Secondly, of course, the area that we... don't usually think of as foreign policy, but fundamentally is, which is technology.
You know, the way in which markets work, power flows, you know, influence sits, has gone from being, you know, agricultural or mechanical to fundamentally digital.
Most people, if they were asked about the change, would start with Donald Trump.
They'd say, look, there's a new guy as leader of the free world who doesn't believe in the rules that we used to play by, doesn't believe in the alliances that we used to have.
Now, you're arguing there's a whole series of other trends that are as important, perhaps even more important.
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