president of the confederation of british industry, lord bilimoria, and the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake. welcome to the programme. the nato summit wrapped up today in madrid, with the alliance stronger than it has been in decades. leaders committed more money to ukraine and more troop numbers to the eastern flank. and in the face of russia s agression they reaffirmed their core commitment to each other under article five an attack on one, is an attack on all. we face the most serious security situation in decades. but we are rising to the challenge with unity and resolve. together deploy more assets and capabilities to both our alliances across all domains, land, air, sea, cyber and space. we have reaffirmed that our article five commitment is sacred. an attack on one is an attack on all and we will defend every inch of nato territory. if you want proof that nato i is a purely defensive alliance, you could have no more eloquent testimony that the acc
an attack on one is an attack on all and we will defend every inch of nato territory. if you want proof that nato i is a purely defensive alliance, you could have no more eloquent testimony that the accession - of finland and sweden, - quintessentially peace loving countries that have been neutral for decades. - and the fact that these two paladins la four piece have joined nato tellsl four peace. you all you need to know about nato and all you need to know about putin. brendan curney is a retired colonel in the us marine corps, previously chief of staff of the us marines in europe where he worked extensively with nato. he s now a military affairs analyst. good to talk to you and thank you forjoining us. let me ask you, it