CER Podcast: NATO in Vilnius: What's next for Ukraine?

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🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this week's Centre for European Reform podcast Ian Bond, Director of Foreign Policy, and Luigi Scazzieri, Senior Research Fellow, sit down with podcast host, Octavia Hughes, to discuss the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. They look at Ukraine's request for NATO membership and the Alliance's response, assess whether NATO members will increase defence spending and what a Republican in the White House would mean for the war. Ian also sheds light on the state of Sino-American tensions and how these might influence the nature of discussion at Vilnius. Produced by Octavia Hughes Music by Edward Hipkins

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0:00.0	From the Center for European Reform, this is the CIA podcast.
0:04.0	Poson us seriously the question of the
0:05.9	future that we want, and we all
0:08.0	all together to the courage to be construing.
0:10.5	For us in Germany, is the
0:11.9	Bekenness to the European Europe,
0:14.0	a part of our state's resolve.
0:15.6	A strong united Europe is a necessity for the world
0:17.8	because an integrated Europe remains vital to our
0:20.1	international order. This is the moment for Europe world because integrated Europe remains vital to our international order.
0:21.3	This is the moment for Europe to lead the way towards a new vitality.
0:28.7	Hello and welcome to the CER podcast. I'm Octavia Hughes, host of today's episode.
0:34.6	And today I'm joined by our Director of Foreign Policy, Ian Bond,
0:39.3	and Senior Research Fellow, Luigi Scassieri. Welcome back to the podcast. Tomorrow,
0:45.4	leaders from across the world will arrive in Vilnius in Lithuania for NATO's annual summit. During a recent
0:52.0	meeting at the White House with Secretary General
0:54.8	Yen Stoltenberg, Joe Biden declared that the Allies have never been more united. But while
1:00.8	Russia's invasion of Ukraine has certainly given NATO a fresh sense of purpose, it seems like
1:06.3	there's plenty to discuss and disagree on over the next few days.
1:15.8	Biden, for one, is keen to encourage Turkey and Hungary to support Sweden's membership,
1:22.9	and Estonian Prime Minister is pushing allies to adopt a new military spending target of 2.5% to keep in line with the new reality of long-term conflict with Russia.
1:27.8	This is all even while less than a third of members meet the current 2% target.
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