Friends Of Europe Podcasts

Recorded 17 FEBRUARY 2022: In this second episode of Friends of Europe’s Frankly Speaking podcast, Senior Fellows Chris Kremidas-Courtney, Paul Taylor and Jamie Shea discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Will he, won’t he invade? In a week which saw US President Joe Biden warn of imminent war and German Chancellor Olaf Sholz fly to Moscow aiming to keep diplomacy alive, This week the whole world tried to second guess Vladimir Putin’s next moves regarding the ongoing crisis with Ukraine. While the US President Joe Biden was warning of an imminent war, German Chancellor Olaf Sholz flew to Moscow in yet another attempt to keep diplomacy alive. As Russian troops move forward into what looked like battle positions can an invasion still be averted? If an attack were to take place, how would it unfold? What more can EU countries and the US do to prevent an attack. Is there more military significance to the troops that NATO allies have deployed than mere political signalling?Are the forces tha