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Hello and welcome to the edition podcast from The Spectator.

Every week we take a look at some of the most important and intriguing stories from the issue with the writers behind them.

I'm Laura Prendergast, the Spectator's executive editor.

This week, are migrants now being used as a new weapon?

Plus, is the war between the Palace and the Sussexes escalating?

And finally, why is the mullet making a comeback?

First up, in our cover story this week, our political editor, James Forsyth, looks at the

growing troubles in Eastern Europe and how this small part of the world stage could end

up splintering the scaffolding of global peace. He joins me now,

along with columnist for the independent, Mary Djewski. James, in your cover piece this week,

you start by outlining Joe Biden's foreign policy objectives. What exactly are they?

So I think there are two. One is to kind of revive the US-led alliance system, so Atchfied under

Donald Trump. And the second is to kind of clear the US-led alliance system. So actually it under Donald Trump. And the second is to

kind of clear the decks to essentially counter the Chinese bid to build regional hedgemen in Asia.

And given that Asia is going to be the cockpit of the 21st century, that is a kind of vital US objective.

You mentioned your piece that the Allies are going to need to pick up the slack. Where exactly

is that likely to be? Well, I think the US essentially needs its allies to do more in the Middle

East, Europe, Africa, because countering the Chinese threat is going to take the bulk of

US military forces as a deterrence objective there.

And so I think what you've seen in the last week or so

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