Europe’s Missed Chances & Ukraine’s War: Conversation With Former Maltese FM Evarist Bartolo
In this thought-provoking interview, we speak with Evarist Bartolo, Former Foreign Minister of Malta, about Europe’s dramatic transformation — from a continent focused on social welfare and diplomacy to one increasingly defined by militarisation and conflict.We discuss how Brexit strained Malta–UK relations, the missed opportunities for peace in Ukraine, and Europe’s failure to pursue genuine diplomacy after the Cold War. Bartolo reflects on the 1989 Malta Summit between Gorbachev and Bush, and how the promises made then were later broken — paving the way for NATO expansion and escalating…
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