Coming to you from the NATO summit in Madrid, our POLITICO team analyzes a packed week in international diplomacy and what it means for Europe and its security. We also hear from the prime ministers of Sweden, Norway and Estonia.
Sarah Wheaton hosts this week's episode, which kicks off with a discussion with our team at the NATO summit in Madrid — Lili Bayer ... Show More
Feb 27
Diplomats or disruptors — when Trump’s ambassadors get ‘rude’
Ambassadors are supposed to smooth tensions, not spark them. But in recent weeks some American envoys in Europe – from Belgium to Poland and France — have found themselves at the center of very public political clashes, accusing allies of antisemitism, cutting ties with senior la ... Show More
28m 51s
Jun 2022
Inside this year's crucial NATO summit
NATO leaders are gathered in Madrid for the most consequential meeting in the organization’s history. The summit kicked off by enlarging the alliance, giving Putin more NATO, not less: when Sweden and Finland become NATO member states, it will lengthen Russia’s border with the al ... Show More
56m 7s
Jan 2022
Norway PM On Ukraine, Afghanistan
European leaders say “a threat against Ukraine is a threat against Europe,” promising “severe and massive” consequences. Norway is a key member of the NATO alliance, and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was at the United Nations today to discuss this crisis as well as the unfoldin ... Show More
57 m
May 2022
On Finland and Sweden joining NATO
n a historic change for a once neutral country, driven by its neighbor Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland's leaders today said their country must apply for NATO membership "without delay". They share a 13-hundred-kilometre border with Russia, and as expected the Kremlin swiftl ... Show More
56m 42s
Sep 2022
Could the far right win in Sweden? With Dominic Hinde
Ahead of the Swedish general election on 11 September, we take a look at why the far-right party has risen in the polls and whether a recent recovery by the ruling Social Democrats means the country’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, will be able to retain power.
Journalist a ... Show More
21m 33s
Mar 2022
Interviews with: US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Polish Ambassador Marek Magierowski, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Former CIA Director General David Petraeus, The New Yorker Editor David Remnick and Staff Writer Masha Gessen
First, Jake checks in with Senior International Correspondent Ivan Watson, who is live in Ukraine, about Russia's increased attacks on civilian areas. Then, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins Jake to discuss prospects for peace talks between Ukraine ... Show More
53m 46s
Jun 2021
A European view of the transatlantic relationship
Emily Tamkin is in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she's been speaking to European security experts about their view of the transatlantic relationship in light of the recent G7 and NATO meetings, and US President Biden's first round of in-person summits since taking office including ... Show More
34m 55s