around the world. if on the other hand, russia truly seeks a diplomatic outcome it should not only say so they should pursue that diplomatic outcome. we are prepared to do that. we have put concrete proposals on the table. they are now out there for the world to see. we are prepared to engage on them and to discuss the principles and parameters of european security with our european partners and with russia. whatever happens next, the west is more united than it s been in years. nato has been strengthened, the alliances more cohesive, more purposeful, more dynamic than in any time in recent memory. in terms of immediate next steps, president biden and his team will remain in close contact with our allies and partners to co ordinate both on potentialfor diplomacy and on any response that is necessary should putin decide to order action. we are continuing to reduce the size of our msc footprint in kyiv. i now want to take a moment
would be sustained in the event of an invasion. due to sanctions and export controls and the like. just one more thing on the broader issue of china and russia, because there was quite a bit of hype about the statement that they put out and it was a notable statement that we have taken careful look at. i said this before, i want to say it again and i ll leave because jen is now standing up and it is rl past my time to go. the united states under the biden administration has confidence in us and in the west, we are 50% plus of global gdp. china and russia are less than 20%. we have innovation. we have entrepreneurship, we have freedom. and when you put all of that together, the tools and capacities that we could bring to bear, now that we are more united, more purposeful, more dynamic that we ve been in a very long time, we are well situated to deal with any threat or challenge that would be posed to us by any autocracy in the
information was used to start a war. we are trying to stop a war, to prevent a war, to advert a war. all we can do is come here before you in good faith and share everything that we know to the best of our ability while protecting sources and methods so we continue to get the access to intelligence we need. but there s another big difference between what happened in 2003 and was happening in 2022. and that is in that case it was information about intentions, about a hidden thing, stuff that can be seen. today we are talking about more than 100,000 russian troops amassed along the ukrainian border with every capacity, out there in the open for people to see, it s all of the social media, it s all over your new sites so you can believe your new sites so you can believe your own eyes that the russians have put in place the capabilities to conduct a massive military operation against ukraine should they choose to do so. finally, i would just say, if you look the course of the past
states is stepped up alongside other nato allies to deter and reassure and reinforce our presence along the eastern flank. what about the preinvasion sanctions. you didn t answer that part of my question. is the president looking at sanctions ahead of an invasion any differently than he has up until this point given the escalation we re seeing from russia. the president believe that s sanctions are intended to deter and in order for them to work to deter, they have to be set up in a way where if putin moves, then the costs are imposed. we believe that is the right logic, both on its own martds but we believe the most important fundamental that is through diplomacy or result of military action is that the west be strong, be united and determined to operate with common purpose and he believes that the sanctions approach he s taken in lockstep with our european partners, the canadians
ukrainian border. as we said before, we are in the window when a invasion can begin at any time should vladimir putin decided to order i will not comment on the details of our intelligence information. but i do want to be clear, it could begin during the olympics despite a lot of speculation that it would only happen after the olympics. as we said before, we are ready either way. we are ready to continue results oriented diplomacy that addresses the security concerns of the united states, russia and europe. consistent with our values and the principle of reciprocity laxity. we continue to make that clear to roger and european allies and partners. we are also russia. we are also ready to respond alongside those partners should russia decide to take military action. our response would include severe economic sanctions with similar sanctions being imposed by the european union, canada and other countries. it also include changes