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Key takeaways from the 2025 NATO Summit
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Key takeaways from the 2025 NATO Summit

In this episode of Europe in :60, Carl Bildt discusses the outcomes of the NATO Summit and where Europe stands with the Israel-Iran conflict.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Moscow, Russia, on June 23, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Iran meets with Putin, NATO gathers at the Hague, Venezuela targets black markets

It’s unclear what more the Kremlin is willing to do for its last major Middle Eastern ally right now.

Is Europe in trouble as the US pulls away?
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Is Europe in trouble as the US pulls away?

Trump is reshaping America’s relationship with Europe, which has been “impacted in a permanent and structural way,” says Ian Bremmer. In this Quick Take, Ian explains what that shift means for the future of the transatlantic alliance—and for Europe.

Is Europe finally ready to defend itself?
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Is Europe finally ready to defend itself?

How serious is Europe about really beefing up its defense and rearming? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Tabiano, Italy.

​Germany's chancellor-in-waiting and leader of the Christian Democratic Union party Friedrich Merz reacts as he attends an extraordinary session of the outgoing lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on March 18, 2025.
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Germany’s vote to boost military spending makes history

Germany’s parliament made history Tuesday as it voted to sharply increase defense spending – by exempting it from limits on the country’s assumption of debt. Germany’s upper house, the Bundesrat, is widely expected to approve this change with a vote scheduled for Friday.

​French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on March 17, 2025.
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France’s Macron calls on Europe to stop buying American military equipment

Amid Europe’s growing rift with President Donald Trump, a French lawmaker this weekend called on the United States to “give us back the Statue of Liberty” now that Americans “have chosen to side with the tyrants.” But French President Emmanuel Macron came out with a more concrete plan to split with Washington: He's urging allies to buy European missile systems, not American ones.

German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz
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Germany drops debt brake, passes preliminary agreement to boost defense, infrastructure, and climate spending

Germany’s election-winning center-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union, led by Friedrich Merz, and the Social Democrats have reached a preliminary agreement with the Green Party on a deal to exclude defense spending from the country’s constitutional debt break and establish a dedicated $545 billion fund for infrastructure investments.

Does Canada need to prepare for a US attack?
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Does Canada need to prepare for a US attack?

Canada has begun thinking the unthinkable: how to defend against a US attack. It suddenly realizes — far too late – that the 2% GDP goal on defense spending is no longer aspirational but urgent. But what kind of military does it need? To find out, GZERO Publisher Evan Solomon spoke with retired Vice Admiral Mark Norman, the former vice chief of defense staff in Canada and currently a fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Could Europe replace the US military?
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Could Europe replace the US military?

Replacing hundreds of thousands of US troops and other defense equipment would be a huge fiscal challenge for the EU.

Graphic Truth: Cutting military spending … in half?
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Cutting military spending … in half?

US President Donald Trump says he will soon meet with the leaders of Russia and China to discuss arms control and a proposal to slash all three countries’ military budgets in half. We look at the top military spenders in the world and break down what the Pentagon spends its money on.