Hi r/geopolitics! I’m Rikard Jozwiak, the Europe editor for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). I cover all things European Union and NATO from Brussels and Prague.

I recently wrote about China’s confident backing of Russia in the Ukraine war but am happy to answer all questions you may have about how Europe is coping with numerous challenges right now – be it the transatlantic trade war, the EU’s failure to impose biting sanctions on the Kremlin, Ukraine’s chances of joining the EU soon or Trump’s gambit that European NATO members should pay for American weapons and then channel them to Kyiv.

So feel free to ask about all these issues – and EU/NATO/Europe generally. 

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I’ll be answering questions from Monday, 21 July, 11am ET until Friday, 25 July, 11am ET. Looking forward!

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  1. Will the challenges faced by the EU (or to its member states) give it sufficient political will to integrate its militaries and have a more united foreign policy? Will it be able to focus more geopolitical pressure on the other big players in the 2030’s-2040’s and assert its sovereignty and influence on the world stage? In other words, could it become its own “pole” independent of the USA in this newly multipolar world?

  2. What is the likelihood of European defense companies merging and consolidating like what happened in the U.S. in the 1990’s IMO Europe has far too many that are too small and needs greater economies of scale.

  3. What significant events do you think will happen in the Ukraine region (specifically the three occupied zones) within the next 5 years?

  4. What is the likelihood of Russia invading an EU nation?

  5. Why did we wait soooooo long before thinking that’s we should rearmed ourselves and not straight when Russia invaded Ukraine ?
    It was the elephant in the room and yet we waisted 3 years already .

  6. How likely is a Qatar to Europe pipeline in the next decade? Is it a viable solution to some of Europes energy woes?

  7. How do you see bureaucracy and red tape holding back the EU to sufficiently address their geopolitical challenges with Ukraine and being stuck between the US and China.

  8. How important it is for Putin to keep his European friends in power (hungary, slovakia and serbia, after his failed attempt in romania), how much is he willing to invest to disrupt elections in these countries?

  9. What are your thoughts on both the FCAS and GCAP programs and their progress?

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