Big Trouble In Little Marco, Losing Their Shahed, To The Viktor The Spoils

About this episode

The episode discusses Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference, the situation in Iran, and the political landscape in Hungary ahead of elections.

At the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio offered Europe a peace in our time. The Americans sprayed on the charm. But looking between the fine words, it seems like Marco was on his way out the door. Do Europe’s friends need to tell her this is a break up speech? Meanwhile, rumours of the destruction of Iran remain premature. We’ve run the numbers, and it turns out it would take ten per cent of all the Tomahawks in the world to flatten three mullahs and an oil derrick. But with American strike fleets still camped in the Persian Gulf, how does this end? Finally, Hungary was all anyone was talking about backstage at Munich. The Brussels establishment have decided that defeating Orban in his upcoming fourth successive election will bring a massive W in a world drowning in Ls. The polls haven’t just tightened - they’ve actually split. With two sides both predicting victory for their candidate, across a spread of 15 points, what happens when one side wakes up in April to find themselves robbed?

People in this episode

Host: Multipolarity

Topics covered

• international relations
• military strategy
• European politics
• Iran
• Hungary elections

Keywords

• Marco Rubio
• Munich Security Conference
• Iran
• Hungary
• Orban
• European politics
• military strategy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brussels

Places: Europe, Iran, Hungary

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