You're listening to the Globalist, first broadcast on the 17th of February, 2025 on Monocle Radio.
The Globalist in association with UBS, live from Lond.
And this is the Globalist with me, Emma Nelson.
A very warm welcome to today's program.
Coming up, no decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine, no decisions about Europe without Europe.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky sets out the terms for any kind of negotiations with Russia.
But will Europe step up?
As Emmanuel Macron holds an emergency meeting of the continent's leaders will ask
whether after decades of turning a blind eye,
something can be done about Russia.
Also coming up in the next 60 minutes, the African Union summit is held in Ethiopia,
with a new chair of the commission facing two major crises,
the conflict involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and the civil war in Sudan.
Plus, 42% of all the aid that's gone to Gaza has come from the uae.
And I think part of it is
because we had that relationship with Israel because of the Abrahamic Accord.
The former foreign minister of the UAE explains the importance of his nation
in bringing regional adversaries together.
We'll look at my papers and find out why.
If you overdid it a bit this weekend,