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More people in western europe in the United States have doubts about you know having a collective Security Treaty Organization for a countries that are so far away and that what you always france in the u. K. In the United States want to get into a military conflict over you know a country like. Stonier i mean is that something people are interested in poll say people arent go ahead mark well i think this is always the problem with a Large Alliance that you find that the fringe areas the border areas are remote from centers of Population Centers of contribution by the british the french are so its true not just for Eastern Europe but also for the south if we think about france italy and spain in nato the immediate Security Threat comes from islamist terrorist groups operating in north africa and perhaps potentially threatening them russia is a long way away weve heard mention of the procurement complex we have to remember that moscow is much. Well the from the western border russia an
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the nato military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant in even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest look we have a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of. Crisis Research Institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris emmanuelle you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been sh
Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest loop of a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. Donald trump will start some kind of Dumpster Fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the Nato Alliance stand right now because you have Jeremy Corbyn and going into election mode doubting the only alliances necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. Well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr my core which is
Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest luke prevail in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of the Crisis Research institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris many well you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been shortened to 2 days because a lot of people worried that. Donald trump will start some kind of Dumpster Fire as he tends to do when it comes to nato so how is the Nato Alliance stand right now because you have Jeremy Corbyn and going into election mode doubting the alliance the necessity here so i mean is mccrone right is nato brain dead go ahead. Well to be honest i am afraid that this time i find myself on the same page as mr micawber just so