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Feb 2024
32m 10s

Can the EU defend Ukraine (and itself)?

POLITICO
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Europe is waking up to the urgent need to strengthen its own defenses — especially as Donald Trump seems poised to capture the Republican nomination and possibly even the White House in November presidential elections. In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Florence Gaub, director of research at the NATO Defence College in Rome and a futurist, alon ... Show More
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