Focused group: Ukraine is now Europe’s war

The Intelligence from The Economist · Jun 3, 2026 · 21m

Now that America has stepped back, Europe is at last stepping up. We examine the bloc’s tactics (if not yet a strategy) and how steady its support is likely to be. With the coming public listings of SpaceX and Anthropic, we ask whether stockmarkets can handle a string of “giga-IPOs”. And our World Cup series looks at Iran’s side.

Guests and host:

Tom Nuttall, chief Germany correspondent

Joshua Roberts, capital markets correspondent

Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent

Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

Europe, security, Ukraine war

IPOs, investment, stockmarkets…