U. S. Secretary of state taking aim at china and russia might pay 0 also sought to reassure european allies concerned by president trumps policies part is the u. S. Stance on Global Politics really that positive for the western powers or is it undermining their alliance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi Transatlantic Relations are not what they once were neither is the relationship indeed between france and germany and european leaders are concerned by the u. S. President Donald Trumps america 1st policy theyve defeated with him in several areas from iran to china this was reflected during the annual Munich Security Conference divisions arose between leaders as they discussed whether the west is losing influence to other global powers the answer from the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei was everything is just fine pompei you boasted the west is winning and the Transatlantic Alliance is not dead it rejected remarks by the german president who warne
What i mean is it is we looking at a binary of values in power i think its i think its both because when the west exit of the cold war it was immensely powerful the main reason is not just material wealth but also how their moral purpose it had a mission that was you know liberalism had won they were going to spread this around the world essentially. Thing is to remake the world around the west so that again this is also what i define the west which is why its now youre running into some problems because if this is not the mission of the west or what is the west coast we see now the material wealth is going but also decide the ology of you know taking liberalism to the extreme is now proving to have a very bad effects both internally within the west but also creating very bad relations with external powers and they dont seem to connect that these 2 are very much related. And where that where the causes are limited hours here in athens i mean one of the things i. Quite fascinating in ru
The west is winning the words of the u. S. Secretary of state taking aim at china and russia mike peo also sought to reassure european allies concerned by president trumps policies pot is the u. S. Stance on Global Politics really that positive for the western powers or is it undermining their alliance this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby Transatlantic Relations are not what they once were neither is the relationship indeed between france and germany and european leaders are concerned by the u. S. President Donald Trumps america 1st policy theyve to fit with him in several areas from iran to china this was reflected during the annual Munich Security Conference divisions arose between leaders as they discussed whether the west is losing influence to other global powers the answer from the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei a was everything is just fine pompei you boasted the west is winning and the Transatlantic Alliance is not dead it rejected remarks
Into some problems because if this is not the mission of the west or what is the west coast we see now the material wealth is going but also decide of taking liberalism to the extreme is now proving to have a very bad effects both internally within the west but also creating very bad relations with external powers and they dont seem to connect that these 2 are very much related. And where that where the causes are limited our guest here in athens i mean one of the things i find quite fascinating in running up to this security conference in munich is that in this term west listeners its should be a criticism of neo liberalism thats whats destroying the west and that to it is threatening the world i mean the lack of reflection on the part of these people its just a step out of me they are the problem and once theyre fixed then then europe can actually find its own footing its own identity instead of having it forced down its throat this her ripping. Ideology that people are protesting le
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