Daniel hannon: I'm not in favour ever, of economic sanctions. i think they're an incredibly poor tool for precisely the reason that mecty quoted a second ago from somebody hos he knew what he was talking about. They hurt ordinary people your own country and in the country that you're targeting. But although neither he nor i is in favour of military action against china, it would be crazy not to recognize that we have a basic, dangerous regime invaging with military ambitions.
In this debate from the Intelligence Squared archive, we head back to 2020, when we invited journalist and broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, academic and writer Azadeh Moaveni, the Saudi political analyst Salman al-Ansari and former Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan to debate the motion: Iran is Not Our Enemy. The discussion touches on many issues that hold relevance in the current moment, ranging from the effectiveness of sanctions to the capabilities of nuclear-armed nations. The debate was chaired by the BBC's Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.
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