Everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Welcome to Sunday Morning futures. Im maria bartiromo. Today, democrats find a flag they are willing to wave on the house floor, take a look. The National Flag of ukraine. After the house votes to accept send more money to ukraine, israel and taiwan with still no new security at the u. S. Border. [inaudible] [cheers and applause] the Gent Withingwoman is not recognized. Maria coming up, texas senator ted cruz with the fate of the bill when it reaches the senate this week. Plus, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene with the dramatics of the vote giving the foreign aid bill a thumbs down but stopping short of her motion to vacate speaker Mike Johnsons chair. The congresswoman will answer her critics today right here, live. Plus, where will the Ukraine Aid Go . If polish president andrzej duda on stopping putinens russian imperialism in his only interview after meeting with President Trump. Plus, spying on ordinary citizens wit
Everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Welcome to Sunday Morning futures. Im maria bartiromo. Today, democrats find a flag they are willing to wave on the house floor, take a look. The National Flag of ukraine. After the house votes to accept send more money to ukraine, israel and taiwan with still no new security at the u. S. Border. [inaudible] [cheers and applause] the Gent Withingwoman is not recognized. Maria coming up, texas senator ted cruz with the fate of the bill when it reaches the senate this week. Plus, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene with the dramatics of the vote giving the foreign aid bill a thumbs down but stopping short of her motion to vacate speaker Mike Johnsons chair. The congresswoman will answer her critics today right here, live. Plus, where will the Ukraine Aid Go . If polish president andrzej duda on stopping putinens russian imperialism in his only interview after meeting with President Trump. Plus, spying on ordinary citizens wit
and that nato approaches security and defense in a serious way. and that means military strengthening, the necessary military strengthening of nato member states. it also means military purchases, this is necessary in nato member states. so there is no other way. military, defense spending has to be increased. right now nato has got a set level of 2%. that was agreed back in 2014. this is a minimum. in fact, i believe that the efforts should be made to increase that level to 3%. as it was, it will have bad reflections of that, bad memories. but today, unfortunately, we re seeing a return the that time in our history just as it was in the times of the cold war. this is the way to keep peace in the world to stop russian imperialism, and this is exactly what what we should do right now. maria: what do you think putin is thinking? if do you expect him to try to
and that nato approaches security and defense in a serious way. and that means military strengthening, the necessary military strengthening of nato member states. it also means military purchases, this is necessary in nato member states. so there is no other way. military, defense spending has to be increased. right now nato has got a set level of 2%. that was agreed back in 2014. this is a minimum. in fact, i believe that the efforts should be made to increase that level to 3%. as it was, it will have bad reflections of that, bad memories. but today, unfortunately, we re seeing a return the that time in our history just as it was in the times of the cold war. this is the way to keep peace in the world to stop russian imperialism, and this is exactly what what we should do right now. maria: what do you think putin is thinking? if do you expect him to try to
China’s Updated National Defense Law: Going for Broke
Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 4
February 26, 2021 02:53 PM
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Image: Chinese President, CMC Chairman and CCP Secretary General Xi Jinping greets members of the People’s Liberation Army. (Image source: Xinhua)
Introduction
On January 1, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) put into effect new revisions to its National Defense Law (henceforth, “Law”) (中华人民共和国国防法 zhonghua renmin gonghe guo guofang fa) (Xinhua, December 26, 2020; South China Morning Post, January 3).
[1] This is the first update since 2009. Although the revisions might seem ordinary at first glance, they have important implications for the future of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which it is worth noting answers to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), not the state. There has been tension throughout the PRC’s history surrounding the subordination of the armed forces relative to the Party, the state a