right, we are in a precipice? try carolyn, sorry? i think i preferred you as katrina, i meant carolina. as we were talking about, it is being observed by russia and north korea. and all of the us adversaries. the? and all of the us adversaries. they are very much and all of the us adversaries. they are very much learning and all of the us adversaries. they are very much learning from them. i think are very much learning from them. i think it are very much learning from them. i think it is are very much learning from them. i think it is an are very much learning from them. i think it is an interesting thought that the think it is an interesting thought that the strike package iran delivered against israel this weekend is very reminiscent of the strike weekend is very reminiscent of the strike passages russia has been delivering against ukraine. the middle delivering against ukraine. the middle east and ukraine, it is important to see all of these things is connected, not
institute for the study of war, the former communications director for the republican national convention doug heye. ukrainian politician, inna sovsun and the former head of the russia desk at the british mi6 intelligence service, chris steele. the way that china is interacting with russia on the backdrop of the war in ukraine is very different to how iran and north korea are. russia and north korea have built this triple military entente, there has been a capitalisation of military supplies, and they are getting various things out of that as well. it really looks like china is playing. this entente. they have had some interesting diplomatic signalling, it seems china has a band. they have not granted russia s the deep partnership they are seeking. they have their own interests viz a viz markets in europe and the west, as well as in eastern asia and the global
letters talking about the situation in the middle east. christopher steele is with me in the studio. do you see a link between the two? is vladimir putin stoking the fire? i think putin is stoking all sorts of fires around the world at the moment. it is clearly in the interest of russia, as he sees it, to deflect attention and resources and effort and politics away from what is going on in ukraine. i think that applies equally to gaza as it does to the balkans, for example, andindeed does to the balkans, for example, and indeed to the korean peninsula, which i hope we will come back to. katrina, the word is that the response from israel to what happened at the weekend will not come before the end of passover at the end of the month. the president on iran today said that the tiniest move will spark a fierce and painful response. is the secretary general right, we are in a precipice? try carolyn, sorry? ithink
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geopolitical ambitions. it is a much more nuanced and complicated relationship. we know that they are still supplying russia with dual use components and prolonging the war in ukraine. jae components and prolonging the war in ukraine. , ., 1, components and prolonging the war in ukraine. , ., a, ., ., , ukraine. joe barden had words esterda yesterday about china, specifically the state subsidies directed towards steel and aluminium. for too long, the chinese government has poured state money and a chinese steel companies, pushing them to make so much of steel, as much as possible, subsidised by the chinese government. because chinese steel companies produce a lot more silver and china needs, it ends up dumping extra steel steel than china needs, it ends up dumping extra steel on the global market at unfairly low prices, and the prices are unfairly low because china was mixing prices don t need to worry about making a profit because the chinese government subsidises them. they are not c