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25. Is the Postwar Order Ending? Europe, Trump, Ukraine, and the Future of the West — Eleanor Beardsley

For eighty years, Europe and the United States built a common political, economic, and military order.

Today, many Europeans wonder whether that world is ending.

In this episode of Tocqueville Talks, Brent Nelson interviews NPR Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley, a Furman alumna and one of America's most experienced reporters on Europe and the Middle East.

Drawing on decades of reporting from France, Ukraine, Kosovo, Tunisia, and beyond, Beardsley reflects on the changing mood in Europe as the continent confronts war in Ukraine, rising populism, migration, China's economic influence, and…

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