War complacency. What is this la la land youre talking about . Well, its probably. I think, in international relations, there is always a time when a big change happens. 1918, 1945, 1989. And 1989 was, for me and many of my kin, The End Of History the thought that all 200 Nation States in the world would revert to the best form of governance, which is democracy, Market Economy and globalisation. But that ended, in my mind, in February 2022, when putin attacked ukraine. All the International Institutions rules are being challenged. So the la la land that we used to live in doesnt exist any more, and we have to readjust. I mean, in the most literal sense, you seem to be saying that europe needs to learn from some of the things that finland does in terms of preparation and readiness for the worst case scenario. Yeah. For example, this country, although its fewer than six million people, has an extraordinary number of military reservists, up to 900,000 men and women, who are ready to serve
Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Let me begin with something you said just last month. Europe, you said, hasjust a few years to change its thinking from the la la land of post cold war complacency. What is this la la land youre talking about . Well, its probably. I think, in international relations, there is always a time when a big change happens. 1918, 1945, 1989. And 1989 was, for me and many of my kin, The End Of History the thought that all 200 Nation States in the world would revert to the best form of governance, which is democracy, Market Economy and globalisation. But that ended in my mind in February 2022 when putin attacked ukraine. All the International Institutions rules are being challenged. So the la la land that we used to live in doesnt exist any more, and we have to readjust. I mean, in the most literal sense, you seem to be saying that europe needs to learn from some of the things that finland does in terms of preparation and readiness for the worst case scenario. Yea
The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future, and it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process but it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as quote unfair, unethical and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of int
Substantial pressure to reduce and minimise any response it makes to iran in response to iran s attack at the weekend, and it s coming under pressure from different angles. from the united nations, you have got antonio guterres, the un secretary general, saying, look, because we are now in a place of maximum danger, we need to be in a position of maximum restraint, warning that if there is an escalatory act by the israelis, then potentially, we could have a full scale regional war. that s the pressure from the un. then, from the other side you have pressure from the iranians themselves, doing everything they can to try to deter any israeli counter attack. so, you have got a revolutionary guard general saying, look, if israel attacks hard, we might have to revise our nuclear strategy. you ve got the iranian foreign minister at the united nations, saying, look, if israel
Already provided. expanding that to include patriot missile defense systems, something that president zelenskyy had repeatedly requested over the last several months and now president biden is moving forward on that. what that means about the u.s. going forward and what russia uses in terms of an escalatory act. what have you learned, phil, about biden s meeting with zelenskyy that happened just about an hour ago? yeah, it s clearly under way up until this point as far as we know. they allotted two hours, the president is likely to take longer than the allotted time on the schedule. but i think what u.s. officials are say leading into the meeting which i think is so critical is how much the president values, relies on face-to-face intersection when it comes to foreign leaders. these two men have spoken repeatedly by video, over the phone, this is the first time since sitting down face-to-face