my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas. undoubtedly, too, it has sucked up the attention of the biden administration. what effect do you think it is having on america s wider national security and strategic interests? well, clearly, this is having some considerable effect. and we ve seen, of course, that president biden has linked the two together, both ukraine and israel not just for the purposes of trying to get military support and financial aid through the us congress, but also because he does see a linkage here. and i have to actually underscore that there is one and it does come in the form of russia, but also of iran. i mean, i think perhaps stepping back from all of the horrors that we re seeing on the gr
australian surfer laura enever paddled into this huge wave, which was over 13 metres high, beating the previous women s record by just a foot. you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we will have the headlines at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the us is still the world s most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america s backing for ukraine s war against russian aggression and israel s war on hamas as a twin defence of a values based international order. but much of the world isn t buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback. my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in
surfer paddled into this huge wave which was over 13 metres high, beating the previous women s record byjust beating the previous women s record by just a thought. beating the previous women s record byjust a thought. you re all caught up byjust a thought. you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the us is still the world s most powerful nation, but its ability to shape geopolitics, to suit its own interests, is under severe strain. president biden portrays america s backing for ukraine s war against russian aggression and israel s war on hamas as a twin defense of a values based international order. but much of the world isn t buying it. inside america, too, there is significant pushback. my guest is fiona hill, former us national security council expert on russia. how dangerous is this new world disorder? fiona hill, welco
as we speak to each other, the world s headlines are being made by the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas. undoubtedly, too, it has sucked up the attention of the biden administration. what effect do you think it is having on america s wider national security and strategic interests? well, clearly, this is having some considerable effect. and we ve seen, of course, that president biden has linked the two together, both ukraine and israel not just for the purposes of trying to get military support and financial aid through the us congress, but also because he does see a linkage here. and i have to actually underscore that there is one and it does come in the form of russia, but also of iran. i mean, i think perhaps stepping back from all of the horrors that we re seeing on the ground on a day to day basis. and, looking at the broader geopolitical perspective around this, we actually can see the ways that now, the actions in gaza and israel and ukraine are c
by the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas. undoubtedly, too, it has sucked up the attention of the biden administration. what effect do you think it is having on america s wider national security and strategic interests? well, clearly this is having some considerable effect. and we ve seen, of course, that president biden has linked the two together, both ukraine and israel, not just for the purposes of trying to get military support and financial aid through the us congress, but also because he does see a linkage here and i have to actually underscore that there is one and it does come in the form of russia, but also of iran. i mean, i think perhaps stepping back from all of the horrors that we re seeing on the ground on a day to day basis and looking at the broader geopolitical perspective around this, we actually can see the ways that now the actions in gaza and israel and ukraine are clearly linked. because russia has been increasingly dependent on iran