leverage is a really- interesting question. and we re not quite clear- on that yet because they could use it to intervene, to put pressure on the kremlin and say, you ve got to sort this, stop, and sort of, - in other words, just - establish themselves as this century s new hegemon. in other words, using this as an opportunity to say, i look at us, we are now what the united states. used to be. we are the peace makers. we are the people who come in with the sheer military - and economic heft to bang heads together to end - conflicts. now, it s not clear yet- whether china wants to do that, but that potential. opportunity is there. let s look at what might happen next. bevan in melbourne has been asking about vladimir putin s plans for ukraine, and if there is an end in sight. jess lyn in singapore asks this. how do we see this conflict being resolved? for example, will there eventually have to be intervention from the nato countries? my name is ellen- from washington, dc, in