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Europe talks tough on Russia — but how consistent is it actually?

Armin Sumansky, a Gen Z Czech student at Bates College, turns the usual question around in Part 2 of our conversation: where Europe's line on Russia goes soft when it's inconvenient, where European consensus on migration is really heading, whether American power makes the world safer or more dangerous, what Europe and the US should actually do about Ukraine, and whether his generation's views travel beyond college-educated peers.

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Armin, a second-year student at Bates College triple-majoring in Economics, Politics, and European Studies, heading to the London School of Economics next year.

Part 1 covered Gen Z framing, why he chose an American college, and how his family's history under Soviet-bloc Czechoslovakia shapes his read on Russia.

Watch Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IxoT5YY__c&t=804s

Topics in this segment: 0:00 Cold open — Ceuta and Europe's migration contradiction – Where European consensus on migration is actually heading – Is Europe's Russia policy as principled as it claims? – Does American power reduce conflict or cause it? – What should Europe — and the US — actually do about Ukraine? – Is there a real US/Europe Gen Z perception gap? – Armin's new political journal and his plans at LSE

The Unpopular View gives credentialed people a platform to make the case for views that are popular with some and unpopular with others. This episode steps outside the usual development-policy lane to hear directly from a Gen Z European.

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Michael Brown concludes a three-part North-South dialogue with longtime colleague Koffi Kouakou on African realities, American assumptions, and the China factor. They examine Africa's youth surge, technology adoption, political risk, and the race between transformation and instability.

Michael Brown sits down with longtime colleague Koffi Kouakou for a North-South dialogue on African realities, American assumptions, and the China factor. They challenge single-story narratives about Africa and look at what outside observers routinely miss.