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, SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI
• World Cup, Iran

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