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The 2022 Holberg Debate on Ukraine, Russia, China and the West.

Holberg Prize Talks

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NATO - The April 2008 Bucharest Summit - What Sets Off the Train?

In 2007, Putin said that in his view the multipolar world was already arriving. What sets off the real trouble is the April 2008 decision at Bucharest. It's no accident you had a war in Georgia and then starting on February 22nd, 2014, conflict broke out in Ukraine. That's what was driving the train here. By the way, just one final point before I turn it to Carl, Angela Merkel and Nicholas Sarkozy were adamantly opposed to bringing Ukraine into NATO"

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