Attentions escalate in the middle east, west of nations impose a new round of sanctions against the wrong. Will that impact the nation dependency to wage war the tresses by . Im excess of terrorists. Italys ancient city event is now charging entry fees, but when it helped protect us can well, perkins, the, sorry, rushes invasion of ukraine escalate and geo political tensions in the middle east on chinas military build up in the south china sea. The world is now facing a period of increasing stability nations right across the globe. But boosting pet defenses. Ministry spending reached a normal time high of 92. 00 trillion dollars last year. And this dot com, International PeaceResearch Institute that sit pre says for the 1st time in 15 years, the increase is spread right across all 5 geographical regions. So lets take a look at, at the top 5 spend as respectively with the us, china, russia, india, and saudi arabia. Now china based, its spending on its ministry for the 29th straight. Yeah. Raising it to an estimate to 296000000000. 00 ratings, military build up and worsening tensions in the region. Also have prompted his neighbors to dedicate more funds to the militarys. And them at least sold the highest correct rates and a decade with saudi arabia. Its top spend, the kingdom is followed by israel, which is increase 6 expenditure to 27. 00 and a half 1000000000. 00 for spending search, mainly driven by israels world gone. So, while the war and ukraine was the main driver of European Defense spending and russias military expenditure, it searched around a 109000000000. 00. By comparison, ukraine has the Largest Military budget at 65000000. 00 and receives military aid for more than 30 countries among the united states, which is committed to 95000000. 00 in for an aid for ukraine. Israel and for other us allies is, are not normal times. Theyre not. The world is, is the stabilize. And its a tinderbox. Its a, its a dangerous time. 3 of our primary adversaries, russia and iran in china, are working together, and theyre being aggressors around the globe. And their global threat to our prosperity and our security. Their advance threatens the free world and it demands american leadership. We turn our backs right now, the consequences to be devastating. Well, joining us now from london and some pulse freeman, hes a Research Coordinator at to campaign against trade to previously. What for 9 years at cit, pre assigned, welcome to counting the costs. So this report might not have come as a surprise, but whats, whats different about autism . What are the main drivers . Would you say of Ministry Spending and 2023 as well. Its one of the largest increases in Global Military spending in video tons in quite a long time. A 6. 8 percent increase a lot bigger increase than most previously as the last time the military spending increased that much was 2009. And if you remember, that was, but he had just off to the Global Financial crisis that struck. And at that time, most major economies, us china, and most of europe and economies, were in putting in place stimulus packages. Massive spending packages, including very often increased military spending to come to the effects of the recession. So that was a very unusual. Yeah, this is the largest increase since then. And the previous largest increase was 2003 the, the rock war started. So its very much a war time. Yeah. Level of spending and the ukraine war continues to be the big driver of the increase in load military spending. What you said, april altima is spiraling out of control. Other enough um, alms agreements in place to try and stop it happening. I would say is so yes, the it is by of are they out of control . And as for arms control agreements, theres very little less of the consent vention of forces in your treaty rushes, pulled out. Natos pulled out that. Thats basically gotten the, the new stock says lapsed old um, countries are looking at increasing that nuclear arsenals. Mobilizing the of us is talking about bringing intermediate right cruise missiles Nuclear Weapons back to your rep, which could be a very Dangerous Development in the asia pacific. Wherever us and china are engaged in a long running on surveys, that all no arms control agreements, conventional arms control agreements. And theres not even been any attempts to make such agreements. So now its relas is a q as a carry out a genocide. And garza, how can humanitarian goals be protected . Well, nations raised to on themselves. Yeah, well, uh, unfortunately, uh when countries go to war. Uh, they, the few International Humanitarian law. All very often goes out the window, especially when the countries listen supporting the un arming them. As is the case of the us, germany, you guys mean is vile, fails to hold them to account the evidence that israel is committing war crimes, even genocide and garza is overwhelming. The u. S. And european countries, all kind of laws that should start um sales to countries that are doing such things. Yeah. They are pretending not to see for their own strategical political reasons. But they are pretending to not to see this and saying no, everything is fine. Its all self defense and it was the same 170. 00 arrive via was bombing. Yep. And the, the now the, the civilian desk told from the bombing, it was very bad. It pales in comparison to whats happening now in garza. But the us and the u. K. And others continued to make excuses for saudi arabia, despite the fact that it was repeatedly bombing civilians. Of course, russia and ukraine pose badly made any pretence to the following international law. So unfortunately, humanitarian considerations seem to type, not even sex in place for full 5th place. Wedding, what country is go to war . And the us pushing to end the war on gauze while still supplying weapons, which is just double standards. It doesnt think that really pushing to end the war in gods them. They are making a show. They are using rhetoric, but they want to see. And then to the war, they have deliberately for rage, if by with, to stop supplying the arms, the munitions, the spat fox, the ball could not go on. They are not putting even any conditions on this, i age and on these items. And i think that the by the administration wants to appear to the world to above the electra mate, trying to end the war. In reality, there is no serious meaningful effort to bring it to an end. If the us really wanted the war to end the will with end, right. And as we look forward into the coming months in years, do you think this up with trend anomaly which will continue the fortunately yes, um your the pm countries are still rapidly increasing that military spending a lot of them are still well below the night. So target to 2 percent and that pledge to get bad will were even higher. The u. K has just pledged to reach 2 of the hall percent of g d p by 20. So see which would be another lodging praise, but they probably outgoing turing government, but the government is likely to follow exactly the same policy. And, oh, the part of the increase in World Military spending last year was in europe. So the trend is, is likely to continue. Of course, at some point the immediate Russia Ukraine will, will presumably come to an end of how long that is with no idea. Um, im not my view, some of the pressure, but it will still be an extremely time some hostile situation in your up as a site. The other end of the road, the us trying, the ohms vice in the asia pacific shows no signs of left to go up. And fortunately, that doesnt seem to be any near tub threat to, its not turning into a hot wall, god willing, but the competition for military pension money in the region. And that for the increases in spending are likely to continue. All right, well leave with that some public friedman. Thanks very much. Thank you very much for having me. The know tit for tat, a time between iran and israel had raised fears of a wide, a war in the middle east. The us and his allies been posed more sanctions on terror on hoping to the limit its ability to attack israel again, measures crit, the private run of billions of dollars in revenues, but are on says that the economy is resilient. Recent data, in fact, shows its exported more oil in the 1st 3 months of the then at any time in the past 6 years, but many radians say the struggling Veronica Patricia as this report now on april the so the teams iran launched hundreds of miss alt and drones towards israel, it was the single largest drug and strike carried out by any country. And the 1st time iran directly attacked israel. Iranian Officials Say it was retaliation. Israels assault on the consulate in damascus on april, the 1st of our forces punish design is presume, and put it in its place. And this was an announcement to the whole world to global powers, to design this regina that the nation of iran is ready. Israel then hit by striking iranian targets and its closest allies, the u. S. E u and the u. K. With quick to impose fresh economic sanctions on iran and its weapons manufacturers. Washington says wrong must be held accountable and prevented from acting again. The country has been on the west and sanctions so yes, but the government says theyve had little impact on oil exports. Weve moved to 90 percent of its crude, shipped to china. Still runs economy is suffering from weak growth. In february inflation hit 40 percent prices. Its tom food items such as meat had almost tripled compared with the same month last year. Theres been a rise in prices, especially dairy products, sections have impacts when a country is isolated, pressure and people get smooth on a specific cloth. If the society feels it more than others, 100 percent, if pensions, the escalated prices will rise, move and move the price of beans. She can meet all the fluids. Its increased by dumble for the sections. And escalations one has a talk to people to livelihoods, people who are worried about it as tensions link come around to calling to meet with style and the consequences of a full scale war with israel. Veronica pedroza out to sara for counting the cost. Well, joining us now from violating is muhammad overlays, if im a good, he is a professor of economics of the middle east that the Phillips University taught my bag mohammed, welcome 1st stop. What do you make of this new round of sanctions against the wrong . In the new around the sanction which is basically decided in the Us Government up to eat on the knees. Dry company is aiming to basic you restrict even further. Youre in order to exports, especially to the chinese customers. However, as you also showed in your report and china and very much it benefiting from the receiving boys from you on another sanction country, such as the ratio they say beams of dollars, discounts and a much of the, the oil exported to the china or not the to the whole piece, your china is the so called dark fleet, those dark shipping lines basically all engage the part of the shadow economy of 3 go for oil. And it is quite difficult for the Us Government to trace the, these, it basically in form or ad trading, the boy between your, in china and the from technical perspective. One can say the significance of his stature causing dad. I need to pick the benefits of these new round of the sanctions. Also on to the uh, depending on the goals of the centers of the sanction. To do that, to change a bureau, you dont need any government to pay this on. The sanctions shows that theyre basically all contract product the and that makes it easier on you and call them and, and the more willing maybe to also engage them to call for the demo section imposed on the discount. So given the iran seems to be able to sec, event the sanctions and increase its all exports. I do think that by the administration will go to further sanctioning a low well, i mean, and we are in the election us and one should basically also im sure that the Us Administration there would be a cost benefit analysis. This unexpected cost of increasing additional science and you wrong, especially old and dusty, which is also affecting the chinese economy. Girls would also know the result to more political change change in between china, us on one side, on the other side. A good deal also as a positive increasing shock to the old markets wed share at the end the, the cost would be transferred to the us consumers and the in these, the Election Year reach a us, the basically the phase competition combined into 12. This is a very central issue, the inflation rate, the growing predation rate. It will gasoline price in the us would be in a commercial side too. So i would leave that given the car and conditioning for single disney round of the sanction is a quite less likely a view. Okay, so when iran says its managed to shield itself from this actions and is resilient, its economy, its resilient. Do you think thats totally true across the board . I was even as a shown that basically as to why the painful sanctions that we looked at the obama sanction 2012 and up to the g. C, p. O, a. And after that, being for the 0 sanction to trump a new on reduce the immediate and they give you a fix on you got a caught them, your goal is to dp girls. Girls Domestic Production has declined significantly. Reading the 1st 3 years of this sanction. But then we call it slowly and so, and the running a situation is like a person, we did significant back pain, which is basically the body twice that just gets set to add to use the signal, right . So at, at the end, develop a situation as reviews a bought them a day quite a bit because we as i, as the, as, as june, some significant resistance. Okay. So, so the economy is or isnt it, what about from the point of view of the man and woman in the streets, how they affected by the sanctions . I guess to, i mean let me talk about, they quoted me, costs of the sanction long shoot this afraid to show it to me, it takes me to a temporary fix on long term effects. And we have seen the that the short term effects is obviously busy. Both the negative girls rate recovery has this started in the years after the sanctions imposed a new wrong because the new ways of doing business as identity by the Union Government highway is still the union economies in a, in a bad the equally beyond compared to the peace, i can pay you. So inflation also as being reported to as increased substantially when we look at the 10 Percent Inflation rate before obama sanction now, it is more than 40 percent evaluation of the dining and car is the has also made much of the input, much more expensive transfer to the Consumer Price is the higher price it will be paid by the rodney as in the market. So all these factors increase the economy also increase in the media and then in the long term of those, the cost would be much more substantial because we need to take into account the fix of sanction or education that has any wyman at on the loss of human capital, the log to these all mediation, thatd be our ups. Every scene, dad, since the native pick, the sanction is something negative the right. And this is something that the people also realizing the daily life. But the question whether that has resulted to subsets, youre changing your on demand behavior, and we cannot trace that in a substantial way. So the Political Behavior has not changed much on the design scans and the, the government has find a way to bypass the saying, what impact do the sanctions in any potential sanctions in the future have on their rounds ability to wage war . Do you think i the uh well the initiating. Yeah. And if the financing, the war of course is an issue that we dont see that thing the union agenda. So im to initiate the war. But if your question is about, you know, the funding, get all kinds of military adventures into regions that, thats very much depends on the domestic and external fact on domestic situation. The beyond this sanction is steve and the find on was available to basically be found. It and really did operation is quite limited. Is it in each Outpatient Development to increase the taxes in order to cover some parts of these budget if he does the sanctions . So Economic Indicators are not showing that the country is way before or as a bed for long term military, eh, all kind of conflict with the specific neighbors the, the region on the other side, the, the one that basically needs a kind of Mass Mobilization, any lawn or for these type of activities at the years under this sanction has the salted, a nice management. This is also something that long should acknowledge that the sanctions long factor, but the quality give going as a nice management you need on these and other fact or, and the most of the worrying for them. And so these Mass Mobilization of rodney as to a support these type of activities has also the good agent or the rest and years. Youre talking about the trust, we think this, the society and for my institution has that has been recon, especially after the protest of 2022 of my life freedom and the all these factors basically indicate that the situation to initiate such adventures that is not that is not available. Okay. Appreciates your analysis of my having those if im a good. Thank you. Thank you very much. I. I know that it is a unesco willed heritage sites and more than 30000000. 00 tourists come each year and most visitors to the floating cynthia venice. And its me of that just for the day, many residents and not complaining about pollution and rise. The rent fueled by the excess of tourist. Well now veneers has become the worlds 1st city to charge a day trip is around 5. 00 entry. The trying to open, the tourism Payment System is now being locked in a time limited pilot program. Visitors will need to download a q all code that may be checked by control transgresses risk fines start to get 10 times the entrance fee, the city of time. It was also considering introducing a similar fat and by the cities right across the world and pays taxes to limit the number of terrace that includes boss of the end the island of bali. So to take this on joining us from vienna or its cloud, you dont as well, she is a professor in tourism. Its a stain dependency at the university at the institute, i should say, of terrorism at crims university. Claudia, welcome. What do you make of this new charge in venice . Hello, thank you very much. We. 2 of course, what were seeing ben is not really surprising here. Ben is, has been battling over tourism too much tourism for quite a few years now. Last year bad news was close to being put on the and escrow world heritage. A list of danger, which means that the, the city of venice would be endangered. And of course would, were also seeing is increasingly more tourists and on busy days nearly doubled the amount of tourists in venice as we have residence. So um the, the, the entrance fee that is uh, introduced now, is of course not surprising after other measures like banning cruise ships. This is, this is not the new. Okay. The vin is trying to do, i was seeing can see why they do it yet. But how is it likely to go down with tourist you think of yeah, i think that actually it will not deter torres to visit venice in the future because i dont think that 5 years will actually put you off to visit venice if people always want it to be the advantage, but of course what might happen is that the tours might be more leveled out throughout the year because of course venice is asking for discharge only on 20 mist 9 days a year, which are the busiest days. And so maybe taurus find that too much of a hassle and go on another day. But in the end, i dont think that this will reduce the number of taurus what it rather does is it actually creates another symbol for um, for showing that venice is turning a little bit into a feat park. Were really going down to root all these notifications here of charging entrance to city. That is actually someone elses hall. Yeah. Advantage of coal. Some residents say that more attention needs to be paid to boosting the resident population in improving services for residents, as opposed to focusing on tourism as a fair point. Yeah, of course, and we see this all around the world, of course in venice, its extreme and of course what the government is saying with an entrance fee or with tourism text is that were using this for the residents. But i can also understand that residents cannot see the actual changes in their lives when theyre trying to take the boat in the morning or when theyre trying to to have a coffee somewhere. Were really, we really needs to drastically reduce the amount of torres, and i think we can only do that by actually reducing over consumption, reducing excess of reducing flights. And there needs to be more drastic measures than this. Open terrorism is increasing around the world, isnt it . Was it becoming such a thing . Which um, well, weve seen various sectors that have given rise to this phenomenon, particularly before the corporate pandemic factors such as on the supply side, we have all the cheap flights. We have the sharing economy with air b and b that has exploded. We have a new markets traveling that we havent seen traveling before. But also on the demand side we see new developments. So with the, with obviously with the influence of social media on tourism, weve seen increasingly where people wanting to go to these honeypot sites and actually trying to consume a destination from a perspective that theyre take, taking pictures of it. And this has, this combination has left to really dangerous mix and over tourism has increased the immensely over the years also because government has not put the residents 1st, but theyve put the towards 1st and theyve put economic income 1st step towards and brings to destinations of course claudia dont as well. Thank you. Thank you. 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