{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d8bcecff9db944d2395157f/65df5c335568ae00163bb7e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 303: The Talk of Europe - Troops and Nukes? ","description":"<p>Today, Les, Jess, Jamil, and Morgan discuss the recent debates shaking up the European continent from French President Emmanuel Macron raising the possibility of Western troop deployment to Ukraine to German officials questioning the need of whether to acquire their own nuclear weapons.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Should the United States be concerned by President Macron’s comments? Would a deployment of Western troops to Ukraine be a redline for Russia? Can Europe act effectively without U.S. leadership? Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines!</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the sources that helped shape our expert's discussion!</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68417223\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68417223</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macrons-ukraine-troop-talk-shakes-up-nato-allies-2024-02-27/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/macrons-ukraine-troop-talk-shakes-up-nato-allies-2024-02-27/</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germans-debatethe-once-unthinkable-do-we-need-nuclear-weapons-13fa7e68?mod=hp_lead_pos11\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/germans-debatethe-once-unthinkable-do-we-need-nuclear-weapons-13fa7e68?mod=hp_lead_pos11</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Follow our experts on Twitter:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>@jamil_n_jaffer</p><p><br></p><p>@notTVJessJones</p><p><br></p><p>@lestermunson</p><p><br></p><p>@morganlroach</p><p><br></p><p>Like what we're doing here?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And don't forget to follow @masonnatsec on Twitter!</p><p><br></p><p>We are also on YouTube, watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/s9_CHhy1NP8 </p>","author_name":"National Security Institute"}