International conflicts, including the war in ukraine, the israelhamas war and chinataiwan tensions, this from washington dc. There will be a debate one day. Historians will have a field day. There is disarray. There is the question why . There are potential explanations. Dictators versus democracy struggle. You could argue, a decline in american influence over global affairs. A rise in china. Which factors contribute to the disarray . All of the above. China is not a status quo power. A truly disaffected russia. A shift in power moving around the world, whether economic, military, many more hands. The domestic disarray in this country has contributed. We are less willing to act effectively in the world. The gap between global challenges, pandemics, climate and responses, there is no international community. I dont have a good answer. I will write about it. 30 years ago, the end of the cold war. This writing about unipolar moments. My own view, weve squandered a lot. The u. S. In some
the washington declaration aimed at deterring an attack on seoul. the bbc s seoul correspondent jean mackenzie explained what this agreement involves. so this deal is the us stepping up its commitment to use nuclear weapons to defend south korea from north korea. you know, the us is responsible for south korea s defence and are always up implied it would use nuclear weapons if necessary but recently people here in seoul have questioned that commitment and they needed part of its submarines, armed with nuclear weapons to the peninsular. it will be stationed here continually but it will come periodically. they will form the joint nuclear planning group and this allows south korea to be more involved in understanding how and when the us would use its nuclear weapons. politicians here essentially have been kept in the dark with little understanding of what would actually trigger the us president to trigger the nuclear button on its behalf, but in return for these us commitmen
u.s. presidents have to varying degrees been willing to pander to saudi arabia. to the arms of an old friend, the kingdom of saudi arabia. the pariah that they are. we must act and we will act. the president who vowed to be different. president biden is about to kiss the ring of mbs. remarkable reversal. it s going to be awkward. is now just another patron of a prince. the crown prince is a wrecking ball. a dictator renowned for a very brutal end. his body was chopped up into small pieces. why would you bring a bone saw? who at the same time is a reformer. this man is extremely popular. revolutionizing his nation. new era, new age. it s that simple. the kingdom s power lies under the desert sands. keep your pumps up and you can do whatever you want out back. liquid gold oil. is america betraying its values? to understand this unusual relationship you need to understand the very unusual country that is saudi arabia. good evening. saudi