Anatol Lieven discusses Trump's UN speech suggesting Europe fund Ukraine war, sparking fear of US disengagement. Escalating Russian drone incidents serve as warnings, while UK politics remain unsettled.
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 26 September 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World. |
| 0:08.5 | Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:11.8 | Anatole Levin of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft joins me |
| 0:15.8 | to comment on events of these last days that are essentially looking to resolve something in |
| 0:23.2 | Europe, but it is not clear which way this is going. |
| 0:27.3 | Ostensibly, it's about Ukraine, but it might also be about the future of the relationship |
| 0:31.5 | between Washington and Brussels. |
| 0:34.2 | And I told a very good evening to you. |
| 0:35.8 | I mentioned that the president's speech at the UN has them still buzzing. |
| 0:40.7 | I'll begin with news this morning that may seem connected. |
| 0:45.3 | We have a new column from Friedrich Merritt's in the Financial Times, the Chancellor of Germany, |
| 0:51.3 | in which it makes it clear that Mr. Merz believes much more can be done financially for peace in Ukraine, |
| 0:58.5 | that is, more and more severe sanctions. |
| 1:02.8 | In addition, we have statements from Bloomberg reporting from Brussels that there's a meeting |
| 1:08.6 | that looks like an emergency meeting of some of the NATO states |
| 1:13.4 | in the east that would be from the Black Sea to the Baltic, concerned about the drone incidents |
| 1:21.7 | of these last days. Most recently and most alarmingly, a drone said to have originated from |
| 1:27.3 | unknown but everyone points east, |
| 1:30.0 | in order to tie up and discomfit Copenhagen Airport, which is a major hub. |
| 1:36.7 | Also, we're looking at Denmark feeling threatened, and they have heretofore been led by a prime minister who is not a hawk at all |
| 1:47.8 | whatsoever i mentioned all that excuse me is that in error oh yeah he's been very hawkish on russia |
| 1:55.7 | oh okay yes well thank you i did number i I follow your lead. Just to finish here, they're talking about something called a drone wall, no details given other than the fact that they're preparing for more of this harassment. I want to begin, however, with the remarks of the UN because that involves all the EU, |
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