troop commitment is all part of establishing and reinforcing the united states response to and support for nato. even though as it continues to seek a appomattox solution, the united states and some of its western allies are taking the kind of steps that very often lead to some sort of military engagement. daniel treisman is a russian expert and professor of political science at ucla, hejoins us from los angeles. welcome to the programme. so from your perspective, of course at the moment everything seems to be ratcheting up and heading towards conflict. what needs to happen now to prevent that from going ahead? 1 needs to happen now to prevent that from going ahead?- that from going ahead? i have to say we that from going ahead? i have to say we don t that from going ahead? i have to say we don t know - that from going ahead? i have to say we don t know for - that from going ahead? i have to say we don t know for sure | to say we don t know for sure that the russians are actually p