New drones, deadlier attacks: Dystopian reality in Ukraine
Summary
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, discusses her recent trip to Ukraine, highlighting the devastating impact of Russian drone warfare and the critical shortage of US interceptor missiles. She notes that US financial support for Ukraine has effectively vanished, leaving Europe to shoulder the burden of funding the war. The conversation also covers the Middle East conflict, arguing that the Iran war marks a turning point for US regional influence, and examines the fracturing of Western alliances as European nations grapple with a transactional US foreign policy and rising…
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