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Nov 2022
27m 16s

How the Ukraine war reshaped US alliance...

Financial Times
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Thomas Wright, director of strategic planning at the National Security Council in the Biden White House, tells Gideon how the war in Ukraine changed US thinking about the need for broader alliances.

Clips: The White House, Channel 4 News

 

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