222 | William Drozdiak: Emmanuel Macron and a Fractured Europe Confront Putin's Russia

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Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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For Day 17 of The Realignment's daily Ukraine coverage, Marshall spoke with William Drozdiak, author of The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World and Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West. They discussed the degree to which Putin's invasion of Ukraine has (and hasn't) unified a Europe fractured by Brexit, the Syrian refugee crisis, questions of identity, and economic stagnation and the significance of French President Emmanuel Macron's relationship with Putin and his broader project to reform France and revitalize Europe. SEND US A TIP: https://app.swapstack.co/tips/the-realignment REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER: https://therealignment.substack.com/ BOOKSHOP: https://bookshop.org/shop/therealignment

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:02.8	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:08.4	Everyone, happy Friday. Welcome back to the Realignment's daily coverage of the crisis
0:13.3	in Ukraine following Russia's invasion of the country.
0:16.9	Today's topic for the Zoom-In Zoom-Out focus is Europe.
0:21.4	I've got an excellent guest, Bill Drozlyak.
0:23.8	He's joining us from Brussels, where he's currently traveling to discuss his most recent
0:28.0	book, The Last President of Europe, Emmanuel Macron's Race to Survive France and Save
0:32.8	the World.
0:33.8	We'll also speak about his previous book in 2017, Fractured Continent, Europe's
0:38.0	crises and the fate of the West.
0:40.4	We are taking a look at Europe and how the invasion of Ukraine has or hasn't papered over
0:46.5	the issues that faced the country after 2015 from the Syrian refugee crisis to Brexit
0:52.6	to a longer term debate about Europe's defense posture, how it structures economies and
0:57.8	welfare states and its relationship to the United States.
1:00.9	This is a great follow-up to our discussion with Bridge Colby on Monday, which really
1:04.8	focused on how the US should focus on pivoting away from Europe in the face of the rise
1:11.2	of China.
1:12.5	Quick note, we spent a lot of time discussing Emmanuel Macron specifically and how his
1:17.8	centrist, almost populist campaign and style has been deeply important and how that
1:23.1	does or does not affect how US leaders should think of reforming our own political system.
1:27.0	Lots of great stuff for you.
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