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
Let me begin with something you said just last month, europe, you said, has just 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 . It is, i think, probably, in international relations, there is, or was, 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 Member 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 does not exist anymore, and we have to readjust. 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. For example, this country, although it
Americans. notably, this b-1 bomber was launching the jassms. it s a tomahawk for the air. it has roughly the same range, 650 miles. but it s a more advanced missile, more capable. it has infrared homing and something called automatic target recognition. at the end game of the flight, the terminal phases can choose its targets. the president talked about new and smart missiles, he was talking about these. the british and the french have air launch cruise missiles. it s the same missile, but they call it by a different name. a complex mission precisely executed. the question now, is it enough to deter assad from using chemical weapons again? and will the united states embark on a more robust
Not by consequenhemical weapons the government or by isis. we don t know what effect this strike has on them. there does not seem to be damage done to the syrian air force in large measure. and what happens next now that the president has tweeted mission accomplished. but set the table for us, what has happened? tactically, it was over a couple of missions. it was cruise missiles or jassms that were launched. three coalition partners. the syrian forces were engaged but they didn t start firing missiles until all of the effect. u.s. and ally-led missions took effect. the u.s. said that had no effect. but, ali, i want to talk a little symbolically what they think they achieved. they used air, sea, as well as a submarine from the east. and they made sure their allies