# Marco Rubio’s new world order & Starmer’s plan to rejoin Europe

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Podcast: [The Econoclasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-econoclasts-6347002)
Published: 2026-02-18T00:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/these-times/episodes/marco-rubios-new-world-order-starmers-plan-to-rejoin-europe
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## Resource

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.

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