Senator Jeanne Shaheen on Congressional Support for Ukraine and Western Balkans | Live from the Halifax International Security Forum
In this episode, we are joined by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat from New Hampshire and lead of a large bi-partisan Congressional delegation to this annual security conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
We met in person at the Halifax International Security Forum in mid-November, just days after the US House of Representatives was confirmed to flip to Republican control following the US midterms. With that change in power comes a degree of uncertainty around the extent to which Congress can be relied upon to continue funding US support for Ukraine's defense.
We discuss how Congress' approach to Ukraine may change when the Republicans gain control of the house next year, as well as the situation in the western Balkans, where Senator Shaheen recently returned from an official trip to the region, where she observed the Bosnian elections. She explains how Russian meddling may undermine democratic gains in the region and how Congress can better support democracy in the region.
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