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Feb 2025
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One-on-One With Finnish President Alexan...

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Finnish President Alexander Stubb sits down with Ravi Agrawal on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference to discuss European security in Trump 2.0.

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

Transcript: Finland’s President: Trump’s Strategy ‘Is a Bit of a Seesaw’

Transcript: The Speech That Stunned Europe

C. Raja Mohan: India Sees Opportunities as Trump Jettisons the Western Order

James Crabtree: Trump Could Make China Great Again

Kishore Mahbubani: It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable

Kristi Raik: Europe’s 4 Different Ways of Handling Trump

Bojan Pancevski and Alexander Ward: Vance Wields Threat of Sanctions, Military Action to Push Putin Into Ukraine Deal

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