No guarantees: NATO members debate Ukraine’s future
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Members of the alliance are conflicted over the prospect of Ukraine’s membership. In particular, America has changed its mind, and this could affect the future of the war. Because of rapidly rising sea levels, China’s coastal cities are on sinking sand. Will another great wall slow the tide? And, say hello to our new Style Guide.
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| 1:10.7 | I'm your host, Oire Ogunbei. |
| 1:12.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:18.6 | Shanghai's skyscrapers and Guangzhou's ports are reminders of how important China's coastal cities have been for its |
| 1:28.7 | development story. As sea levels rise, and rapidly so, the superpower is urgently trying |
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| 1:59.0 | First up, though, |
| 2:02.5 | next month, NATO countries will meet in Vilnius for their annual conference, |
| 2:09.8 | and top of the agenda, perhaps predictably, will be what to do about Ukraine. |
| 2:15.2 | The country is vying for a place in the treaty organisation, but the decision |
| 2:19.4 | to offer them one is dividing allies. |
| 2:21.8 | Gens Saltenberg at the NATO informal foreign ministers said the reform of their armed forces |
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