biden administration have or even europe have to try and deal with this crisis? well, the options are somewhat limited in the sense that president biden has already ruled out the use of american military force to defend ukraine, because ukraine is not a member of nato. therefore, not under the article 5 collective security guarantee that nato brings. americans aren t eager for a new war. so what are the other options then? economic sanctions? the biggest one would be cutting off russia from the swift international financial system, meaning they couldn t do international transactions the way that they have been able to do for decades. that s a big deal, and a trigger that president obama and president trump were not willing to pull when they were dealing with russia. there are other economic sanctions that in theory could have some effect. the other problem, of course, is it s likely that we would end up having to send troops, nato would end up sending troops to poland and the baltic
think more troops should be deployed before an invasion? well, certainly to bolster up nato s eastern flank in countries like romania and poland and the baltic republic. it helps settle our nato allies as well but no doubt, there s a lot of pride in ukraine. i was in ukraine a couple of years ago meeting with the ministry of defense, former president lou ushenko. it s slow and imperfect but ukraine is forming after 30 yris of independence from the soviet union their own national identity and president putin fears that, as an autocrat. general, it s always great to have you. susan, thank you so much. it s great to see you.
been issue todd. the biden administration clearly is concerned about, for instance, establishing a no-fly zone and having nato pilots coming in to direct conflict with russian pilots, the fear that would spark a wide war. i think you will hear president zelenskyy when he talks to congress, via video, he will say they are very grateful for what the west, what nato has done issue but they do want more, whether in terms of increased weapon shipment, it doesn t appear no-fly zone is in anybody s thinking except the estonian republic voted yesterday to call for a no-fly zone. whether that gather anies steam. the baltic republic, lithuania and latvia, along with estonia