american security. thank you, richard, for joining us. really appreciate it this evening. it is now one week since russia began its invasion of ukraine. you say the past seven days have essentially turned the world order on its head. explain that, sir, please. >> well, the world this week is not the same as the world last week. if you look back a week ago, russia was seen by europeans and other countries as a sullen, revisionist state that would act out on occasion but not the kind of country that would foment in the middle of europe the greatest land war since 1945. the fact that the european union has had this war break out on its borders means that they've done some things that are unthinkable themselves. germany announcing a big rearmament plan and a big boost to its defense spending. europeans and asian countries and the united states enacting
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