“On the last day of February, the world changed, live on television, as the President and Vice President of the United States, in what appeared to be a pre-arranged ambush, bullied an embattled ally, repeated, and seemingly reinforced, the Russian narrative and raised doubts over the dependability of a US security guarantee that has been the basis for European security for nearly 80 years. Commentators from across the world have spent the month trying to understand what happened during those crucial ten minutes in the Oval Office and what the implications for global peace and security may be.”

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