of the autocracy, and on the other side. so, if that concerns you, you see the strength and depth of the friendship between russia and china, do you believe that what has happened in the last 1.5 months has made more likely a chinese military intervention in your homeland, in taiwan? yes, actually, we are in a state of high alert, based on china s military activity around taiwan. and in the first day of russia s invasion, china sent about ten sorties of military aircraft to intrude into taiwan s aerial zone, and we continue to watch the situation, and what we are concerned is that china is showing its military muscle to taiwan and the purpose is to use military intimidation against the taiwan s people and taiwan s government, to say that china has never abandoned its military option against taiwan and will use its military control in the taiwan strait
china has militarily banded against taiwan and will use its military control in the taiwan strait to get used to the battlefield in the taiwan strait. l battlefield in the taiwan strait. ., ., battlefield in the taiwan strait. . ., , ., battlefield in the taiwan strait. ., . . strait. i hear what you are saying. strait. i hear what you are saying. and strait. i hear what you are saying, and no strait. i hear what you are saying, and no doubt- saying, and no doubt there are a number of sorties by the chinese air force over taiwan , s chinese air force over taiwan s airspace, and there is something going on, and one can also say i guess that the focus of international tension is very much on ukraine right now which beijing may well be aware of. one us congress would put it like this just the other day, mike gallagher, saying all of this evidence to suggest that we are right now in the window of maximum danger taiwan. is that the way that you see it? you see it? yes, i think this
direct military control of china . we would see that as a threat o course. that is how russia views nato control of ukraine. you don t get anything out of pushing ukraine into nato, so why are we doing this? russia policy researcher we are happy to have join us this evening. thank you so much for coming on. is it too simplistic to say the core dispute here is over ukraine joining nato? i would say that s russia s perspective, but here we have people arguing even if the russians don t invade ukraine, that we need to invade and keep the russians out of crimea. that was an op-ed from a senior obama officials this week. i would say were dealing with warmongers, people with policy restrictions and deadly serious consequence to an spirit. they are peaceful people wit both long track record of failure of conflicts that have diminished the united states
the most recent repression on the streets of khartoum and other cities. they wanted to see the military held to account for crimes committed. they also wanted to see the military rooted out of the economy because there are so many allegations of corruption involving military control of key economic levers. do you believe that, in some ways, mr hamdok couldn t decide whether he was going to go with the forces of popular protest on the street or be obedient to the military? he was caught between the two. well, he was caught within the reality of his function. you know, the balance of power that existed at the time and which continues, actually, to exist did not allow him to achieve all this. sincerely, knowing him, he was committed to those
imagine if mexico fell under the direct military control of china. we would see that as a threat, of course. there would be no reason for that. that s how russia views nato control of ukraine. why wouldn t they? does this help russia to have prominent americans repeat, in effect, their rationale for military action in ukraine? i talked to wendy sherman, deputy secretary, we want to have a unified front as americans against putin and the russians. this would be the largest invasion in europe since world war ii if it happens. i think being united, but we have a difference of opinion, and i told her to use me as maybe a foil. i don t like the rhetoric that somehow putin is a good guy. i don t like the rhetoric that this soviet it goes back to he wants to reclaim the glory of the old soviet empire. you re talking about democracies versus authoritarianism. this is absolutely critical to nato and it s a direct threat to