Is Europe a Free Right?

At the heart of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the wider crisis affecting Europe, is the question of energy security. How did the West become so reliant on Russian oil and gas? And as the continent moves away from the Kremlin's energy supply, what will the impact be? 

Helen Thompson, professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge and author of Disorder, joins Arthur Snell to discuss the geopolitical fallout from Putin's invasion.

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•  “Out of the West European reaction to the Suez crisis came the first turn back to Soviet energy.”
•  “Russia wanted to be an Eurasian energy power, unlike the Soviet Union which was focused on Western Europe.”
•  “Before the Omicron variant last year, an energy crisis was already beginning to take shape.”
•  “Europe can’t go back to the geopolitical complacency that dominated the continent before Russia’s invasion.”

DOOMSDAY WATCH was written and presented by Arthur Snell, and produced by Robin Leeburn with Jacob Archbold. Theme tune and original music by Paul Hartnoll. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. DOOMSDAY WATCH is a Podmasters production

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