Final days of presence in yemen, that it was that was influenced by the whole covid ordeal. and i think from that reset, we realized that the challenges of the next decade are not necessarily the same challenges of the past decade. reporter: the emirates shift is from taking sides to bringing opposing sides together. we are going to be an influencer in the region, but our flinfluence is going to be through different tools, through this sort of diplomatic navigation, through keeping this balance between all of these different relationships that we have. reporter: that s already meant snubbing u.s. appeals for more sanctions on iran, controversial outreach to syria s dictator, bashar al asad, and warming relations with turkey. the emirates has met an american
That window for possibility of dialogue to be found is narrowing, as we watch these troop buildups that get more and more worrying by the day. christie and boris? yeah, i want to talk about what the french president, emanmanuel macron, can do in tes of his flinfluence. when we hear about this massive buildup, is there any question that we know what putin wants to do? reporter: it is being pushed back upon by russian officials, day after day. we ve been hearing from a tweet from russia s deputy ambassador to the united nations, laughing at these latest american assessments, but you re quite right. the point about this buildup is that at some point, it kind of makes no sense to have all of this ability, all of this capability on the borders when you don t intend to do anything about it. it must be said that the assessment from ukrainian officials, very senior one heres, is that the point of this buildup is to rattle nato, to divide it, to challenge it, and