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Racial tensions and geological wealth make government biased towards debate and patronage, not problem-solving
11 March 2025 – 05:00
by Shawn Hagedorn
If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had been more confident in Europe’s leadership, his meeting with US President Donald Trump two weeks ago might have been less confrontational.
Then, in a surprising reaction, EU and German leaders announced plans to — belatedly — surge their defence budgets, and now the French and the British have even considered putting boots on the ground. Unfortunately for peace talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin is also well aware of Europe’s chronic indecisiveness…
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