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Are we heading back to international conflict?

For most of modern history, the global order has been solidly anchored by the US and Nato coopera...

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16.40 8 May 2025


Are we heading back to international conflict?


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16.40 8 May 2025


For most of modern history, the global order has been solidly anchored by the US and Nato cooperation, but that era may be over, partly due to the US administration’s shift away from these trusted alliances.

Thomas Berger, is a Professor of International Relations at Boston University and he joins Kieran to answer why this shift may have happened (with a small interruption as white smoke billows out from the Vatican!).


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