40% of the use gas, 30 % of its oil comes from russia. Was there a sincere belief that incorporating Russia into european economic framework would make it more reliable and less obnoxious country? I think this is a quite complicated question, has to be separated out between germany and other european countries," he says.
Helen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge, a columnist for The New Statesman, and has been a regular contributor to the Talking Politics podcast. Her new book, Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century, looks at decades of geopolitical history that have fed into our current moment: one of war and conflict, nations competing for dwindling natural resources, and the climate emergency casting a long shadow. She joins journalist and author Andrew Mueller to discuss how we got here.
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