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Tories Battered in UK Local Elections, A Rant about the Stability and Growth Pact, and a Conversation with Jude Blanchette
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Max and Donatienne discuss the Tories’ resounding defeat in local UK elections, renewed debates about the Stability and Growth Pact, and European Commissioner Thierry Breton’s push to ramp up Europe’s artillery production. They then turn to a conversation with Jude Blanchette, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS, to discuss Sino-European relations following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Donatienne Ruy
Former Fellow, Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program
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Jude Blanchette
Former Freeman Chair in China Studies