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Podcast: Brussels Sprouts
Episode: Can China Capitalize on Changing Transatlantic Currents?
Description: This week’s episode of Brussels Sprouts picks up in the aftermath of the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. tone at Munich was notably more conciliatory than last year, as U.S. officials sought to calm anxieties. Secretary of State Marco Rubio received a standing ovation as he called European allies America’s oldest friends and cited the history of mutual defense from Korea to Afghanistan. But for many Europeans, the rhetoric did little to dispel deeper doubts about the trajectory of the transatlantic relationship.Â
Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was also at Munich, stepping onto...