'We Need A Lot More Money -- Quickly': British Security Specialist Pitches Rearmament Bank
- By RFE/RL,
- Ray Furlong and
- Will Tizard
As European leaders gathered in London on March 2 for crisis talks amid a glaring Ukraine-U.S. divide, a British specialist on Russia and security issues was setting up a new bank to fund strong rearmament. Edward Lucas has been gathering support for what he calls a new Rearmament Bank, which he believes could raise billions of euros to pay for weapons programs.