Tanks, a lot: arming Ukraine
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After months of foot-dragging, Germany is sending tanks to Ukraine, with America poised to follow suit. We examine how that could reshape the battlefield. Why Sudan’s democratic transition has stalled and its economy is struggling. And we reveal the secret to perfectly cooked chips.
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| 1:06.8 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. In London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:11.8 | And in New York, I'm John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:17.7 | shaping your world. It's been just over a year since Sudan experienced its second coup in just |
| 1:26.1 | three years. |
| 1:30.6 | Now, the people have again been promised a civilian government. |
| 1:35.5 | We ask how likely that is and how the country can at last get back on track. |
| 1:42.7 | And Heston Blumenthal is a British chef whose most celebrated dishes include snail porridge and a composition of edible sand and kelp eaten |
| 1:46.1 | to a soundtrack of cooing seagulls. His most lasting culinary contribution, though, is a good |
| 1:51.9 | deal humbler. But first. |
| 2:10.5 | This morning, Germany announced it will send tanks to Ukraine. |
| 2:14.9 | The United States is expected to make a similar pledge later today. |
| 2:20.3 | The armored war machines have been central to months of debate in the West, watched by a desperate Ukrainian president. |
| 2:23.3 | But discussions must be concluded with decisions, said Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday. |
| 2:33.3 | The problem not about five or ten or fifteen tanks. |
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