Washington. My name is felicia schwartz, ivey Foreign Affairs and defense correspondent. Nato said he fifth anniversary april 4, 2024, and the Worlds Largest ultralight has much to celebrate this milestone marks 75 years of collective defense and since 1949 natives 12 hours of turned into 32 member countries at together have deterred military threats and delivered relative peace and security. Now were looking ahead to an important summit in washington and this milestone will form the backdrop of this summit. Not while theres much to some but theres also an intense threatening from nicotine is to prevent innermost challenges to catalytic security and defense. I am here with allstar panel today. I will start on the end. We have james roscoe, deputy head of mission at the british embassy, a job he sultans july 2022. The four that he was viewed ambassador to u. N. General assembly and he sold a number of other senior positions. In the British Foreign service. Lets see, next we have thomas
N. A. T. O. Summit held in washington d. C. Featuring the ambassador to the alliance julianne smith. Live coverage here on cspan2. 75 years old this april and much to celebrate, the alliance is larger and more united than before, addition of finland and sweden added military to the roster and new defense plan and after decades of underfunding, n. A. T. O. Supported ukraine in recognition of the mounting russian threat. These causes for celebration, however, are juxtaposed with a deteriorating security environment including russias illegal war of aggression against ukraine and a collection of Unfinished Business from last year summit. So securing the future of the most successful alliance will require this years summit to be one of implementation. Come july, n. A. T. O. Will be expected to take action for the underequipped Industrial Base and frank and demonstration of plans for new challenges including respond the area responsibility. How will this feature in the Washington Summit agen
Old, theres much to celebrate all the lines more united than ever before. In, highly capable militaries, or special with a suite of the transplant dr. Decades of underinvestment, nato european allies random support of ukraine recognition of the fence. Causes of celebration are environment including russias illegal for a russian against ukraine in a collection of masters summit. Year summit. So securing the future of the most successful alliance will require this years summit to be one of implementation. Come july, n. A. T. O. Will be expected to take action for the underequipped Industrial Base and frank and demonstration of plans for new challenges including respond the area responsibility. How will this feature in the Washington Summit agenda . What will allies need to deliver to assure the alliance is able to defend every inch of n. A. T. O. Territory. Todays discussion will be preview ahead of what is expected to be a pivotal summit offering the Transatlantic Alliance and decision
We begin in The Middle East where reports of hezbollah Launching Dozens of soils into israel. Confirming a0 lodges were identified to some were intercepted. Unclear whether this is linked to the threat that has been reported today that an attack by iran on israel is imminent. The white house described that the right as quote, real and viable. Media reporting in israel that the Prime Minister is meeting top officials for such an attack which would be seen as retaliation or the air strike that killed Senior Iranian commanders nearly two weeks ago on a iranian consulate in damascus. Heres what the white house spokesman said when he briefed reporters earlier on. Were watching this very, very closely. We still deemed the potential threat by iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible. And were watching it as closely as we can. Right now, ourfocus is on having conversations with our israeli counterparts and making sure notjust conversations but making sure that they have what they
Control in the northwestern u. S. Hello, greek media are reporting that Prime Minister will call a general election for september the 20th even though he has only been in office for seven months and the Left Wing Party were elected after pledging to end austerity cuts and agreed for reforms for greece to receive bail out funding and they rebelled against the latest deal. With me now in the studio is dennis an associate professor of economics at the university and thanks so much for coming into the studio, one key important issue about all of this is clearly the bailout package and funding that greece has received. As far as you are concerned is that now in concerned, is the Bailout Program now in danger fell elections are called . It went through parliament and the German Government and is in safe hands but what is the problem is the physicianable stability in greece, will they have a stable government Going Forward and we will find out in the next couple of weeks. How important is it