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Are talking about, the possible use of nuclear weapons by russia. realistically can you imagine a scenario in which that happens? i mean the word catastrophic doesnt seem strong enough. >> no, i know its crazy we have to talk about these things. and you think of the devastation in ukraine right now is trevrpg, i mean its a cake walk compared to what could be unleashed with nuclear forces. there is no comparison at all. its utterly important we make sure it doesnt escalate. >> what could it look ...

Defenses against a russian attack. dimitri, are you surprised there hasnt been a cyberattack? >> i was a little surprised. i was expecting a cyberresponse in retaliation for sanctions, though it makes sense. they got very bogged down in ukraine, the situation was very precarious for them, and it would make sense they would try to sort that out first before focusing their tones on the west. now may be the right time for them to do so in their thinking, because things are grinding to a stalemate. ...

Argument for months and years. "lets not do this in order not to provoke putin to escalate." this was the official western policy. "lets not do this or that so that putin doesnt escalate." where did we end up? ukrainian cities are being bombed. every day, missiles are being shot at various targets across the territory of ukraine. hundreds of civilians killed, tortured, raped. economy is being destroyed, economy of ukraine. so the entire logic of, "lets not do this in order not to provoke russia,...

Minister, that thats not strictly true, is it? i mean, russia hasnt done some things yet which it could do, and which nato is clearly fearful of, and that includes nuclear options and other weapons of mass destruction options. i mean, there are ways putin could escalate further, and thats what nato continues to be fearful of. before 2a february, when russia attacked ukraine, again, ive been hearing this argument for months and years. "lets not do this in order not to provoke putin to escalate." ...

Theres a lot of coral reefs in the area. a lot of important ecological systems, but there is a military presence. and by flying these military assets very close to that island, beijing is sending a message that they could, "a," take that small piece of taiwanese territory almost immediately. there wouldnt even be a fight to put up. because they would just be so overwhelmed. but the bigger, of course, question is, if beijing were to do that, then what could happen next? is the island of taiwan, t...

President putin, both leaders have agreed, based on that exclusive interview with keir simmons, the relationship is the lowest in years. how do you begin to build a relationship or at least lay down a floor, if you will, to use a term i know ben has used. how do you do that given what we know the view is from these two leaders going into this thing? i have 35 seconds left. >> i think the key here for the american side is just that this doesnt escalate further. theres some window of opportunity i...

Trump is going to not respond, not only did he not do it in june, but last year when the iranian-backed maliilitias in r attacked. i think trump, from officials i ive spoken to, feels this is going to waeng his message on the election. iran is saying youre going to hit us of sanctions were going to deprive you of that great economy before the election. theyre trying to split up the uae. but i think the main thing here from officials ive spoken to is iran knows that trump is not going to respond ...

Came. so, its really not clear what is new in all of this. its very clear that president trump doesnt want to send a negative message about huawei. not going to stop those companies selling. but at the same time, he is still not willing for the united states to buy that 5g network product. he doesnt want the united states allies, britain or many other countries to buy it so that remains the same. so china is not getting a lot of what it wants here. so theres a lot of nuts and bolts of what was d...

Provocative act. but i think we have put the -- because of what donald trump has done, we have put the iranians in the drivers seat to decide how to provoke us. when we had the deal, which iran was complying with, and every intelligence agency in the world said they were complying with it, our allies said they were complying with it, we had agreement that they were behaving in a way which was moving them away from a nuclear weapon. when i voted for that deal, we didnt know whether iran would com...

Important. but on top of the political support, we have practical support. and when we meet next week with all the nato foreign ministers, we will discuss what more we can do. but we provide all of the significant military support. nato provides equipment, mobile military equipment and also training and helped to modernize the armed forces of ukraine, including the naval forces. so this is political and practical support. but at the same time, we need to address this issue in a way which doesnt ...