Next hour. Now but 1st cross talk takes a look at the growing russia China Alliance stay with us. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the bear and the dragon over the last few years the russia china relationship has grown in depth and in magnitude it is not hard to understand why with russia constantly demonized and sanction and china targeted its a serious western Security Threat theres no wonder moscow and beijing gravitate towards each other this is much more than a marriage of convenience. Cross talking russia and china im joined by my guest. And paris he is the president of the bridge tank in washington we have earl rest newson he is the igs. Vice president of the Eurasia Center and in singapore we cross to jim rogers hes an International Investor and author of street smarts adventures on the road and in the markets are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate jim let me go to you in s
A triple threat middle east attention soar as israel carries out an airstrike against iranian troops in syria just days after a suspected israeli drone attacks in lebanon. This is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with. Our president putin and his turkish counterpart have held talks at the max 21000. 00 airshow happening just outside moscow to discuss cooperation on the Syrian Crisis and the possible purchase of russian fighter jets are to go reports. Well we saw it right here once again the president s of russia and turkey are really enjoying talking about what their countries are somehow doing together naming the projects one after another the likes of the turkish stream gas pipeline project that is being completed in the black sea or a Nuclear Power plant built in turkey by the Russian Atomic Agency also the deployment of the russian made s. 400. 00 air Defense Systems im going to come back to that one a bit later and also all kinds of business that turkey
To the policies coming out of washington and it doesnt really matter whos in the white house by the way go ahead and paris yeah you know i think 2 ways of being friends you know you have the same enemies who share the same and hes but im not sure its what models the most you know of course the fuel the frenchie but i think that the 2nd way we choose to come on issues is more important i would suggest the centrally. Growing lead to middle east ease shared issues between the nations economy called the. Temple security so i think its a friendship which is going to last there are all of the same question to you this is much more than a marriage convenience because thats what you constantly hear that is to refer rain when it comes to western observers watching russia and china i mean i think its gone way beyond that i mean its gone way beyond dating there in a relationship they will probably never get married ok because neither country under its own laws can be a part of a Strategic Allianc
A triple threat middle east tensions soar as israel carries out their strikes against iranian troops in syria just days after a suspected israeli drone attacks in lebanon in iraq. Check out our t. V. Dot com for more on the latest headlines up next though crosstalk examines the growing alignment of russia and china on the world stage. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the bear and the dragon over the last few years the russia china relationship has grown in depth and in magnitude it is not hard to understand why with russia constantly demonize. Sanction and china targeted its a serious western Security Threat theres no wonder moscow and beijing gravitate towards each other this is much more than a marriage of convenience. Cross talking russia and china im joined by my guest joel and paris he is the president of the bridge tank in washington we have earl he is the executive Vice President of the Eurasia Center and in singapore we cross to j
Was right to improve relations with russia as i actually to do and reverse nixon when it came to china what are these people talking about where have they been it seems like theyve just crawled out under from a rock go ahead jim and singapore. But i would tell you peter if you go to moscow airport now its full of chinese 5 years ago there were nobody there if you go to red square there are speaking chinese mr trump and there are americans who are pushing the chinese and the russians closer and closer together breaks my heart im going to merican but this is insane its insane if you could get out a map or study demography or geography you would know you dont want to be against those 2 countries combined ok well very good point joe let me go to you in paris i mean this is being going on slowly but surely in for a variety of reasons here of course russia is against nato expansion it sees it as a existential threat to its security which it is and any military alliance moving towards your bo