Christian Smith
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 13 Aug
Christian Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Talking Geopolitics · The US-Iran "Gut Check" and the Future of European Defense · 10 Jul 2026
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You were stationed in Germany yourself at certain times.
The U.S.
is drawing down on troops, I believe, in Germany and also Romania.
Is that significant?
Do you think is it symbolic?
What do you make of it?
Well, let's talk about Turkey's role in the summer.
It was interesting.
Obviously, it was in Ankara, in Turkey, because it's some special prominence.
But Turkey has become a key and quite interesting member in its own right of the NATO alliance.
Why is that?
Yeah, absolutely.
Again, its relationship with the US is developing in interesting ways.
I mean, Trump has said that he wants to sell F-35 aircraft to Turkey, which it hasn't done before.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has ardently opposed this.
What would happen there?
How has Erdogan got to this point?
I mean, it's amazing to think it was about 10 years ago, wasn't it, that he almost lost power in that coup.
Now he's cemented it more than ever.
He will undoubtedly go down in history, like him or hate him, as one of the more significant leaders in not just Turkish history, but regional history for the way he's developed the country.
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