Western support for Ukraine, impact of the American presidential election… Nicolas Tenzer’s “8h30 franceinfo”

The geopolitologist and teacher at Sciences Po was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Sunday June 9, 2024.

Nicolas Tenzer, geopolitologist and teacher at Sciences Po, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Sunday June 9, 2024. Western support for Ukraine, impact of the American presidential election on the war… He answered Agathe’s questions Lambret and Jean-Rémi Baudot.

Ukraine: “There is a time when the allies will have to enter directly into this war”

“I am personally convinced that there is a time when allies will have to […] enter directly into this war”, assures Nicolas Tenzer about the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine. This entry will be made “either way” according to the geopolitical scientist, who specifies that “that does not necessarily mean sending massive ground troops, it certainly does not mean that we are going to mobilize young French, Polish, Belgian, Irish or American people”he rather means the mobilization of Western armies, “pilots” or even “gunners”.

War in Ukraine: “I am personally convinced that there is a moment when the allies will have to, in one way or another, enter into this war”, declares Nicolas Tenzer, teacher at Sciences Po Paris, specialist in the issues geostrategic pic.twitter.com/5ZdER8f8ij

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An entry of our armed forces into this necessary war, because “it is not only with the weapons that we are giving it today that Ukraine will be able to reconquer these territories”, analyzes Nicolas Tenzer. According to him, “you have to be in a total balance of power” facing Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine’s allies have something to weigh in the balance, since he argues that they have “20 times the forces of Russia”.

“I think we have to stop the de-escalation with Russia anyway.”

Nicolas Tenzer

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“A victory for Donald Trump would be a bad omen” for Ukraine

In view of the American presidential election in November 2024, Nicolas Tenzer believes that“a victory for Donald Trump would certainly bode badly for Ukraine”. The geopolitologist sees the former president as someone “totally unpredictable” and dreads “an abandonment of Ukraine” in the event of a Republican victory in the United States. “It’s a major risk”he analyzes.

The current president, Joe Biden, gave a speech at Pointe du Hoc during the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. “He clearly said at a certain point that we were in the prospect of victory and that the Americans would not let the allies down”, quotes Nicolas Tenzer. He sees in this speech a change of line since the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, from which Joe Biden said he now wanted to favor diplomacy.

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