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Apr 2025
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Can Europeans change the course of the w...

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Drumming up more support for Ukraine against Russia. European countries are considering deploying troops. They're promising more aid as well. It all comes as Donald Trump says he will end the conflict. But can Europeans alone change the course of the war in Ukraine?

In this episode: 

  • Pieter Cleppe -- Editor-in-Chief of BrusselsReport.eu.
  • Marina Miron -- Researcher, War Studies Department of King’s College London.
  • Anatol Lieven -- Director,Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.

Host: James Bays

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