Our guest, Fabian Zuleeg is the Chief Executive of the European Policy Centre. He joins the podcast to discuss why Europe’s "holiday from history" has officially come to an end.
Timestamps: - 00:00 – End of transatlantic guidance-
03:00 – Era of structural challenges-
06:00 – Shrinking global GDP share-
09:00 – Missing the technology bus-
12:00 – Adapting to AI technology-
15:00 – Coalition of the willing-
18:00 – Integrating Ukraine’s defense sector-
21:00 – Ukraine’s strategic EU necessity-
24:00 – Bypassing the national veto-
27:00 – Common European borrowing needs-
30:00 – Parallel financial instruments-
33:00 – Preparing for Le Pen-
36:00 – Future of liberal democracy-
39:00 – Learning far-right playbooks-
42:00 – Engaging citizens with honesty-
45:00 – Shrinking window of agency-
48:00 – Lessons from Brexit’s failure-
50:00 – Avoiding the progress illusion