EPISODE · Jul 25, 2019 · 33 MIN
Building Europeans' Capacity to Defend Themselves
from Mark Leonard's World in 30 Minutes
Mark Leonard launches ECFR’s special summer series on European sovereignty with a discussion of the continent’s security and defence policy. He is joined by Nick Witney, a senior policy fellow at ECFR with a wealth of experience in diplomacy and defence strategy. Witney discusses how today’s strategically-divergent Europeans can collectively bolster their defence capabilities to offset new pressures from Russia and the southern border as well as reduce their reliance on the Americans.This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July 2019.Picture: Spanish soldiers at the European Best Sniper Squad Competition in Bavaria, Germany, 24 October 2016. Photo by Gertrud Zach. Retrieved from https://www.army.mil/article/177439/sniper_teams_shoot_for_european_best_squad_2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mark Leonard launches ECFR’s special summer series on European sovereignty with a discussion of the continent’s security and defence policy. He is joined by Nick Witney, a senior policy fellow at ECFR with a wealth of experience in diplomacy and defence strategy. Witney discusses how today’s strategically-divergent Europeans can collectively bolster their defence capabilities to offset new pressures from Russia and the southern border as well as reduce their reliance on the Americans.This podcast was recorded on Friday, 12 July 2019.Picture: Spanish soldiers at the European Best Sniper Squad Competition in Bavaria, Germany, 24 October 2016. Photo by Gertrud Zach. Retrieved from https://www.army.mil/article/177439/sniper_teams_shoot_for_european_best_squad_2016 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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