Airstrike and condemns irans actions, pledging support for israel. Here is a look at his remarks. Mr. Speaker, on saturday evening iran sought to plunge the middle east into a crisis. They launched missiles and attack drones toward israel. The scale of the attack and the fact that it was targeted at israel are without precedent. It was a reckless and dangerous escalation. If it had succeeded, the fallout for Regional Security and the toll on citizens would have been catastrophic. Mr. Speaker, it did not succeed. In support of israels own defensive action, the United Kingdom joined a u. S. Led effort with france and partners in the region, which intercepted the missiles, saving lives in israel. We sent additional typhoons to the region as our existing operations and our forces destroyed iranian drones. We provided important intelligence for our partners. Our pilots put themselves in harms way to preserve peace and stability. I spoke to the raf, they are the best of the best and i know t
[inaudible conversations] conve] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the wilson center. We were founded as a living memorial to the former president. So we are congressionally chartered, scholarship driven, and fiercely nonpartisan. I am Robin Quinville and a director of the Global Europe Program here at the center, and where focus on the challenges europe is facing today and how we Work Together on those. Among these challenges is russias invasion of ukraine two years ago and the threat it poses to our security as transatlantic partners. As a result of that invasion, natos membership has grown adding finland and sweden to its strength, and the question of ukraine relationship to nato is going to be front and center at this summer washington summit. The European Union has sped forward europeans opening negotiations just last month and while that would be a very dependent process, the decision also recognizes and supports ukraines european future. What we are seeing
We are live on cspan2 with remarks from parliamentary leaders from france, germany and poland on European Security. Amid them russiaukraine war. Speaking at the Wilson Center in washington, d. C. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the Wilson Center. We were founded as a living memorial to the former president. So we are congressionally chartered, scholarship driven, and fiercely nonpartisan. I am Robin Quinville and a director of the Global Europe Program here at the center, and where focus on the challenges europe is facing today and how we Work Together on those. Among these challenges is russias invasion of ukraine two years ago and the threat it poses to our security as transatlantic partners. As a result of that invasion, natos membership has grown adding finland and sweden to its strength, and the question of ukraine relationship to nato is going to be front and center at this summer washington summit. The European Union has sped for
Including postings in europe, and from 2007 to 2008. At the rand corporation, Robin Quinville is a distinguished fellow at the council and the senior advisor, and served as Vice President for European Union and special edition at the council. Howard howard shatz is the director of rand, initiated research, and the party Rand Graduate School specialized in economics and national security. And so many varied studies im hardpressed to find something he had. Michelle egan is our nonrand expert, one of our own at the Wilson Center, fellow in global europe program, professor at American University school of International Service and coordinates european and russian studies program. With that, you are waiting, i will turn it over to charlie. Thank you very much. Robin didnt introduce herself but i will mention she is just back from top political jobs at the us embassy in london and in berlin, and knows quite a bit about this herself and hope she will intervene in the discussion period. I woul
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