>> yeah, well, i think that's part of it, as i suggested. but putin does have strategic objectives, and that is the, as i mentioned, he wants the foreman soviet union statements under his sphere of influence as much as he can with the non-aligned states who are not part of nato. he was very frustrated that most of these state thes when the soviet union collapsed became a part of nato. that's why he put his troops in georgia. he doesn't want ukraine anywhere near nato or even having economic integration with the european you on. so he has strategic objections that are real, but he's always got his domestic audience in his rearview mirror to make sure he's calculating what their reaction's going to be. eric: and, general, finally on the other side of world, china. there's incursions in the taiwan air defense zone, there's hypersonic missile, the real

Related Keywords

Quote , Part , Influence , Statements , Sphere , Objectives , Soviet Union , Troops , Nato , States , Most , State Thes , Eastern Ukraine , Objections , Integration , Iyou On , Anywhere , He Doesn T , Georgia , European , China S , World , Eric Shawn , Support Taiwan , General , Side , Audience , Reaction , Incursions , Rearview Mirror , Hypersonic Missile , Air Defense Zone ,