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Couple times, there are four elements of national power. the diplomacy is working. the west is not divided. thats a goal of russia. nato has, for the first time in many years, a sense of purpose and they are stronger now than they were just a few months ago. russia is subjugated to china. the diplomacy amongst several european nations is extremely strong. secondly, information. russia has failed for the first time in my memory to control the information environment. they are on their back foot. ...

To hold the alliance together. its important that the united states establishes russia as the aggressor for the europeans. theyve been putting this information out because it allows us to control the information environment around what is the perception of a potential russian invasion, and that will help us both blunt putins effort to gin up domestic support in russia but also help bring along allies behind sanctions and the fortification of nato, all the things were seeing. >> general allen, it...

Like the laws were seeing in states and last year limiting how teachers can talk about race, gender or actual orientation. all of that is possible because of the development youre seeing with trump further moving his base into a narrow, controlled dome like information environment. his influence, well have to wait and see. he is still the dominant figure in the republican party even if he is lesser than he was. well see how far we can take that in the primary season. i dont think whatever happen...

Ukraine. i want to get your analysis of this situation. >> yeah. unfortunately, that seemed pretty clear over the past 24 hours that all the remaining indicators that vladimir putin had made the decision, had kind of fallen into place. the massive uptick in the propaganda campaign and setting the information environment, the pretexts coming together, this idea that the ukrainians were somehow driving this, and then of course, the obligatory nuclear saber rattling, this doctrine thats supposed to...

To civilians" as missiles continue to hit major cities. so, lets begin. lets start with the daily mail if we may. do you want to start us off with this one this time? a very striking image. i dont know if youve ever been to kyiv to my but i have several years ago and the television tower is one of the most prominent sites on the skyline along with the cathedral. and of course these towers were almost symbolic, almost a symbol in itself of we are almost a symbol in itself of we are a modern, adva...

This is being called a tiktok war. creators are saying it is critical to speak out so they are becoming anti-war activists. we are seeing tools being used in many different ways. in russia, we are seeing a lot of lives and propaganda being spread. twitter, youtube and other companies are taking action against russian state-owned assets. a complex information environment and physical bombs being dropped. bringing in david french. an iraq war veteran and senior editor at the dispatch. he joins our...

We have seen a trackdown and putin resort back to the playbook to crack down on the citizens. closing down social media and inspected media. trying to control the information environment because he knows not only is the war effort stalling in ukraine losing the propaganda war in russia. >> i want to bring michael crowley into the conversation. we were talking about sanctions before. >> hi, ned. sorry i couldnt be on this trip. i look forward to joining you on the next one. >> next time. >> thank...

At this point still building, its only been out for about 24 hours or so, little longer than that. its also being listened to and heard by the russian soldiers operating inside of ukraine. this is a completely different kind of war. a very, very networked information war where folks still have access to their -- to their smartphones. theyre watching things in real-time. we are seeing things in real-time here that are, you know, that are happening thousands of miles away. and this is a war thats ...

Support or economic support, its unlikely in the end china has to make a decision to do that. >> because the costs are high and because china is obviously a dominant player, this is from some cnn reporting on their side, their readout of the meeting. chinas top diplomat says beijing regrets the war in ukraine and china always calls for respecting the sovereignty and continues to abide by the united nations charter. that is what they told jake sullivan, but is shawn, that is simply not true. if s...

Why would that be the case? in the context of ukraine _ why would that be the case? in the context of ukraine hypersonic - context of ukraine hypersonic weapons dont really add anything in terms of advantage and capability. that russian military has already launched cruise missiles, ballistic measure, quasi—ballistic missiles and various types. even the weapons we are talking about ——. in the basic sense but they do travel fast like any ballistic missiles. this is really an air launch ball...