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Europe in times of strategic threat

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published March 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM EDT
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Randy Stone and Piotr Klodkowski on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, March 24, 2025
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This weekend, Trump administration officials disputed the idea that Vladimir Putin might want to conquer more than Ukraine. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff said that Putin is not a bad guy, and the Trump administration trusts Putin. Meanwhile, Trump has dismissed a security proposal for Ukraine that originated in the UK.

Our guests discuss how the invasion of Ukraine is reshaping European defense alliances, as the Trump administration grows ever closer with Putin.

Our guests:

  • Piotr Klodkowski, Ph.D., professor at the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilizations at  Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and visiting professor at the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester
  • Randy Stone, Ph.D., director of the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at the University of Rochester

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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