In this our first episode of our second season, Drs. Brearley and Neumann discuss new studies on the perspectives of women and men and what they want out of relationships: Gen Z women increasingly don’t want traditional family structures (while their men do) and Gen X women have grown tired of ‘mankeeping,’ causing them to walk out of marriages they find exhausting.

Meanwhile, Europe is finding a renewed sense of purpose — and identity — in its rearmament. The recently fragile EU political experiment now has vim and vigour, where ‘European’ is a stand in for ‘NATO Member State.’ Feeling abandoned by the U.S. and threatened by Russia, the milieu of European defense innovation talks about building weapons systems that are “from Europe, for Europe, and in a European way.” The EU no longer wants its traditional relationship with the U.S. either, it proclaims; Europeans want a partnership of equals, not ‘U.S. keeping.’ Will Europe succeed?