Two months into the war on Ukraine, why have Europeans allowed the US, which is of  course not part of Europe, to dictate reckless policies against Russia over what are purely European issues? Is this a desperate last ditch effort to halt American and Western decline?To discuss the future of Europe and the Western-dominated order, Rania Khalek was joined by Wolfgang Streeck, a sociologist and emeritus director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts.Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRKTIME CODES0:00 Intro 1:05 Germany’s about-face 5:13 40,000 US soldiers in Germany7:57 Europe’s imperial core & periphery17:25 US dictates vs European interests26:41 Pouring weapons into Ukraine 31:51 EU vs NATO38:55 America’s wars blow back on Europe43:53 The power of the Ukrainian far right51:37 Is neoliberalism collapsing?