Episode
Marco Rubio’s new world order & Starmer’s plan to rejoin Europe
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- The Econoclasts
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- Feb 18, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2247
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Summary
In this episode of The Econoclasts, Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Munchau dissect the false orthodoxies surrounding the current state of the transatlantic relationship and the UK’s post-Brexit strategy. Pointing to Marco Rubio’s Munich speech as a signal that America has pivoted its priorities away from its security guarantee with Europe, and highlighting Keir Starmer’s attempt to seek a backdoor return to the EU through regulatory alignment, they paint a stark picture of a West in transition, where old alliances are crumbling and delusional European leaders remain unable to confront the fiscal and military realities of a changing world order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.