Online. The old order is history the world is reorganizing itself and the medias role these keep shifting powers the topic in focus at the Global Media Forum twenty nineteen the laboratory for the digital age. Who are we following whom do we trust to debate and shape the future at the doj a valid Global Media Forum twenty nine t. The place made for minds. This week conflict zone is at the annual security conference in munich i meet plenty of recriminations and bad blood between europe and washington my guest here is jim risch chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee how damaging is this transatlantic divide and how committed is the Trumpet Ministration to nato. Jim risch welcome to conflict zone thank you very much like to be here all the latest polls show the french germans the british now regard the us as a greater danger to their interests than china which you regard as your prime danger how much blame do you think washington should take for that. Well. Sometimes
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