senior fellow and director of institut montaigne s europe program in paris. nice to see you, georgina. what does that mean in the new global context? how will european leaders respond to this, with joe how will european leaders respond to this, withjoe biden sitting alongside? igtgfe this, with joe biden sitting alongside? this, with joe biden sitting alonlside? . ,, ., ., alongside? we know what the intentions alongside? we know what the intentions are, alongside? we know what the intentions are, they alongside? we know what the intentions are, they have - alongside? we know what the | intentions are, they have been alongside? we know what the - intentions are, they have been clear that they want europeans not only to be allies popular also aligned to the american machine so that is quite clear. with the eu summit, i don t think we are going to get this straightforward statement about decoupling from china in any way, but certainly you have european leaders, some european le
pippa crerar and half russian half ukrainian, uriel epstein, the executive director of the renew democracy initiative. hello, welcome to the programme. an army s effectiveness, said napoleon, depends on its size, training, experience and morale. morale, said the emperor, is worth far more than the other three factors combined. and how true that maxim has proven to be, in ukraine. four weeks in and the spirit of the ukrainian army is confounding not only the russian command, but most observers in the west who d presumed the country would fold in days. that s not to say the russians are defeated. but there is disarray. the pentagon said the russians now have 90% of the force they built up ahead of the war, which speaks of the losses inflicted, and such is the lack of coordination, they are still not unable to identify who the top
making him into that position is not by making concessions ahead of time, not by making concessions ahead of time, not by displaying weakness but rather not by displaying weakness but rather by not by displaying weakness but rather by demonstrating that we are not going rather by demonstrating that we are not going to be cowed into submission, and that the free world is actually submission, and that the free world is actually going to be united, in a way that is actually going to be united, in a way that we have not been united, probably way that we have not been united, probably since the end of the cold war probably since the end of the cold war |f probably since the end of the cold war. ., ., ., ., ., . ., war. if we are going to avoid world war. if we are going to avoid world war iii, war. if we are going to avoid world war m, then war. if we are going to avoid world war 111, then you war. if we are going to avoid world war 111, then you would war. if we are go
offering iii. is the best way to avoid it by offering putting these concessions which offering putting these concessions which he offering putting these concessions which he interprets as weakness and therefore. which he interprets as weakness and therefore, he takes that as an opportunity to escalate further? 0r opportunity to escalate further? or is the opportunity to escalate further? or is the best opportunity to escalate further? or is the best way to avoid a broader war to is the best way to avoid a broader war to actually, by approaching putin war to actually, by approaching putin from a position of strength and ensuring that we don t offer him that easy and ensuring that we don t offer him that easy off ramp and by the way, i don t that easy off ramp and by the way, i don t think that easy off ramp and by the way, i don t think he needs an off ramp to -et don t think he needs an off ramp to get out don t think he needs an off ramp to get out of don t think
linked to china s. pippa, a certain section of the linked to china s. pippa, a certain section of the conservative - linked to china s. pippa, a certain section of the conservative party| section of the conservative party wanted britain to pull away from china after what happened in hong kong but if they text to strident action against china then they risk pushing china into russia at s embrace. it pushing china into russia at s embrace. , ., , embrace. it is worth remembering that the closeness embrace. it is worth remembering that the closeness of embrace. it is worth remembering that the closeness of the - that the closeness of the relationship currently between moscow relationship currently between moscow and beijing is in no small no small moscow and beijing is in no small no small part moscow and beijing is in no small no small part of a sort of counterweight if you like to the pressure counterweight if you like to the pressure that china feels from the rest