With the war in Ukraine well into its third year, Russia’s aggression is bound to dominate the NATO summit that begins on July 9. Poland leads NATO’s alliance in defense spending as a percentage of GDP, and pressure is mounting on other nations to catch up. Meanwhile, the world’s superpower is turning its attention to Asia. It’s a dilemma at the heart of Foreign Policy’s summer print issue: Can Europe fend for itself?
One of the contributors to FP’s latest issue, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, will join FP Live to discuss the war in Ukraine, the future of Europe, and the continent’s alliance with the United States.
NATO is reportedly offering a “bridge” to Ukraine. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski reflects on how Kyiv, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, will receive this.
With U.S. politicians, including former President Donald Trump, turning inward, Sikorski explains that funding Ukraine sends a clear signal to potential adversaries such as China.
Poland’s 2023 elections replaced the right-wing party responsible for the nation’s democratic backslide. Sikorski offers lessons on his party’s political victory.
Will Russia and Ukraine ever negotiate a peace treaty? Sikorski doubles down on Ukrainian efforts to reclaim all its territory and wonders whether Putin can be trusted to uphold any potential treaty in the first place.
Radoslaw Sikorski
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Poland
Radoslaw Sikorski is Poland’s foreign minister. He is a senior fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard. Previously, he served as a member of the European Parliament for Poland, where he chaired the delegation for relations with the United States.
Ravi Agrawal
Editor in chief, Foreign Policy
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy and host of FP Live. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade, including as New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.
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