Present tense. And todays class going to be an overview. The war with, our typical back and forth between past and present. And im going try to explain is not a class in mathematics in the least, but a rather simple formula. Thats there on the blackboard for those who can see it. And the formula is a is not equal to b plus c. And ill explain in just a moment that rather mysterious mathematic formula in practice means is a is a variable that stands for russian aspirations with its military and Foreign Policy. Thats one side of the equation. B is the Foreign Policy and military aspirations of ukraine and c are the military, foreign affairs, espionage of the United States b and c have gone along pretty well for the last six months. And youve witnessed a very Close Partnership between ukraine and the United States. So in that b plus c adds up to something significant. What it does not add up to is a and there has been a very significant clash between the aspirations of the United States an