Friends Of Europe Podcasts

8 FEBRUARY 2022: Friends of Europe Senior Fellows Jamie Shea and Paul Taylor unpick the latest movements in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In a week that has seen diplomatic efforts with French President Macron in Moscow and Kiev, and the new German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, speaking with President Joe Biden we ask them: Can this new wave of diplomacy avert war? Is President Macron going on behalf of France or is he going on behalf of Europe? Is this unilateral approach playing into the hands of President Putin who seems to want to adopt a divide and rule strategy when it comes to the EU?