A change on the scale you describe is not going to be a quick one. It's now viewed in Paris as a geopolitical imperative, not a choice. So I think that its site and vendor or its own turning point could be just as crucial to determining the future shape of Europe.
Military types need not wait until mass movements of troops to know a conflict is coming. We examine a raft of subtle and not-so-subtle market moves that would precede a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. France’s quiet volte face on the extent of NATO and the European Union will reshape European security (12:04). And how scrapyards are becoming efficient, lucrative disassembly lines (19:41).
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