Hi everyone, my name is Glenn Dyson and today I'm joined by Alexander Merkurs and Alastair Kruk,

one of the finest and more insightful diplomats we have here in Europe.

There's a lot to discuss.

It appears that Europe is a bit in a panic, perhaps. It doesn't like this current status quo or the new

status quo, looking for alternatives. And at the same time, we're seeing some

fragmentations in Israel. But I thought we could start with Europe, as we now see that the United States' ambitions to

push for ending the Ukraine war is not being well received among the European capitals.

And there's now discussion about whether or not we should fill the shoes of the Americans,

now that perhaps the NATO system

made a mite fragment or at least there's some discussions that we can't trust the Americans.

What are the potentials there?

Do the Europeans have the solidarity to do this?

Do they have the money? Are they able to access the minerals have the solidarity to do this? Do they have the money?

Are they able to access the minerals and the resources?

How are you, the two of you assessing this?

Because are the ambitions going a bit beyond what's realistic?

I think, and I know, Alexander, because I listen to you,

you've been touching on this Ukraine shoe.

And I really just want to sort of say two things,

because largely I think you've covered,

but the important thing to say is that initially

at the last meeting between the delegation of the Americans and the Ukrainians

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