Next hour. Now but 1st cross talk takes a look at the growing russia China Alliance stay with us. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the bear and the dragon over the last few years the russia china relationship has grown in depth and in magnitude it is not hard to understand why with russia constantly demonized and sanction and china targeted its a serious western Security Threat theres no wonder moscow and beijing gravitate towards each other this is much more than a marriage of convenience. Cross talking russia and china im joined by my guest. And paris he is the president of the bridge tank in washington we have earl rest newson he is the igs. Vice president of the Eurasia Center and in singapore we cross to jim rogers hes an International Investor and author of street smarts adventures on the road and in the markets are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate jim let me go to you in s
To the policies coming out of washington and it doesnt really matter whos in the white house by the way go ahead and paris yeah you know i think 2 ways of being friends you know you have the same enemies who share the same and hes but im not sure its what models the most you know of course the fuel the frenchie but i think that the 2nd way we choose to come on issues is more important i would suggest the centrally. Growing lead to middle east ease shared issues between the nations economy called the. Temple security so i think its a friendship which is going to last there are all of the same question to you this is much more than a marriage convenience because thats what you constantly hear that is to refer rain when it comes to western observers watching russia and china i mean i think its gone way beyond that i mean its gone way beyond dating there in a relationship they will probably never get married ok because neither country under its own laws can be a part of a Strategic Allianc
A triple threat middle east tensions soar as israel carries out their strikes against iranian troops in syria just days after a suspected israeli drone attacks in lebanon in iraq. Check out our t. V. Dot com for more on the latest headlines up next though crosstalk examines the growing alignment of russia and china on the world stage. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the bear and the dragon over the last few years the russia china relationship has grown in depth and in magnitude it is not hard to understand why with russia constantly demonize. Sanction and china targeted its a serious western Security Threat theres no wonder moscow and beijing gravitate towards each other this is much more than a marriage of convenience. Cross talking russia and china im joined by my guest joel and paris he is the president of the bridge tank in washington we have earl he is the executive Vice President of the Eurasia Center and in singapore we cross to j
Airport now its full of chinese 5 years ago there were nobody there if you go to red square theyre all speaking chinese mr trump and theyre americans are pushing the chinese and the russians closer and closer together breaks my heart im going to merican but this isnt saying its insane if you can get out a map or study demography or geography you will know you dont want to be against those 2 countries combined ok well very good point joe let me go to you in paris i mean this is being going on slowly but surely in for a variety of reasons here of course russia is against nato expansion it seems it is a existential threat to its security which it is in any military alliance moving towards your borders is by definition and the chinese well we see that the United States again raising the issue of tariffs and possible sanctions chinese interaction with a country like iran i mean china and russia are natural allies in light in reacting to the policies coming out of washington and it doesnt re
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