# Should the West police the world? | The Counter-Insurgency

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Podcast: [The Insurgency with Steve Baker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-insurgency-with-steve-baker-7492429)
Published: 2026-04-03T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-insurgency/episodes/Should-the-West-police-the-world---The-Counter-Insurgency-e3hcipf
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Duration seconds: 607

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👉 Listen to the full episode on Substack: voices.fightingforafreefuture.com Sponsored by Glint — buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com In this preview, Steve Baker, Harry Richer, Laura Emily Dunn and Albie Amankona discuss the ongoing war in Iran, Trump’s threats to leave NATO, and whether the West should be the policeman of the world. Thumbnail image courtesy of the Executive Office of the President of the United States (public domain US federal government work): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_2018-07-23.png

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