Donald Trump has ripped up the rulebook on post-war Western defence strategy, indicating that conflict in Europe is Europe’s problem. What does this shift mean for those caught between Russia and the USA? Is the Western world ready to go without the backing of the USA? Rohan Venkat, Emily Tamkin and Tom Hamilton discuss.
Here are the Trike Recommendations from this episode:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the-costs
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-ukrainian-minerals-myth/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-ukraine-russia-war-started-zelensky-putin-rakusan.html
https://zygaro.substack.com/p/three-years-of-war?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2396897&post_id=157813064&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=isdo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
https://www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-aid-cutsdisruptions
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