Can Europe rearm in time?

The peace is over. Four years into the invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s rearmament is no longer a choice — it’s a race. Now, a second, more explosive front has ignited: war in Iran.

Join Times Radio’s Kate Gerbeau, Mark Galeotti, Mark Urban, Oliver Moody and and Dr. Sanam Vakil, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, as they confront a world on the brink. Following US and Israeli strikes on Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure and the collapse of the Iranian leadership, the 'multi-front reality' is the new global status quo.

The briefing

• The Iran firestorm: can the West sustain a high-intensity Middle Eastern war while arming Ukraine?
• The German pivot: is Europe’s largest economy moving fast enough to lead, or is the 'Arsenal of Democracy' already empty?
• The industrial race: NATO’s factories versus Russia’s war economy. Are we outproducing the enemy, or is our defence rhetoric just expensive noise?

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