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Power to disrupt the existing global order. they would do that, and even that part your father said in 1983 was limited because it depended on military, brute force with the military and nuclear weapons, which also even limited that single dimension. so katty is so right. their insecurity and their expansionism have always collided together, and it has caused them to make mistake after mistake after mistake. history has repeated itself here. >> well, we have been pulling all of his books off the...

Well, letsjust take that in part. firstly, as i suggest, weve moved into a new era of insecurity. what weve had over the last 30 years is this peacetime mode that weve moved into. weve been pretty fortunate. were now resorting back to type. the world is an angry place. you get state—on—state aggression, and were back to seeing that today. but the west hasnt advanced, hasnt woken up to the scale of aggression of what we should actually do about it. but on the issue of no—fly zones... the no...

Onlookers on fiji. this is bbc news. the top stories: another terrifying 2a hours for the citizens of kyiv as the ukrainian president calls for direct talks with russia. president biden says vladimir putins back is against the wall and he may be preparing to use unconventional weapons. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, is warning russias war against ukraine could lead to severe hunger and food insecurity worldwide. many poor countries are heavily reliant on wheat production in russia a...

Supply chain problems through 120 million people were thrown into extreme poverty could that happen here? >> obviously food prices will increase in the united states. the other big problem is a lot of these countries and sugar and exports. they are vulnerable countries anyway. and then with the correlation between food and insecurity and sectarian violence. and with the secondary effects of countries like russia willing to weaponize the global food supply food chain. rachel: talk about these con...

Do is replace that food system, that food supply chain. so we are mobilising enough food supplies to feed — or we have already immobilised enough food supplies defeat around 3 million people inside ukraine right now. and distributions have already started, we are prepositioning food across the country where it is going to be needed most. 50 country where it is going to be needed most.— needed most. so i think you have done — needed most. so i think you have done something - needed most. so...

Threats and challenges do spill over and can cause instability and therefore insecurity in places that are not the origin of the conflict. so, obviously taking a global view. we do that every day, certainly doing it in light of whats going on in ukraine. i dont know, put it another way. we have not seen any specifications that there are going to be any imminent insecurity issues, challenges, threats, in other regions as a result of this that we are going to have to address. i think thats what yo...

Though its president biden who caused inflation and he can fix it? can he do something about it? >> well, he can do things at the margins. but, no. i mean, no, he didnt cause the war which caused prices to surge. now, inflation was rising, for sure. we had supply chain issues. some of that was because of good news, meaning a really strong recovery. >> kelly ann, inflation was good news, what? >> its never good news. and people know presidents can do that. we recently had a president who did keep...

Not prevail on their own terms has not been reached so this remains a long conflict and what we are seeing in mariupol gets repeated in other cities. the key point is there is not a win in russia for this, there is the occupation of key cities. but then the prospect of a long insurgency with the insurgents and the current government armed by the west. still the most likely prospect, grim although it is, is massive insecurity in europe as the two sides contest ukraine and there is the risk russia...

That was written about moscow. moscows bid for world leadership is one dimensional, relying exclusively on the might of military power. the other elements of great power status, economic capacity, technological innovation and ideological appeal have always proven beyond the kremlins mastery. that was written by dr. brzezinski about the old soviet union in the early 1980s. >> wow. >> and here we are 40 years later and so much of what he says, their insecurity -- he is talking about the soviets in...

He believes that nato and the west need to change radically their stance on the ukraine war. does he have a clear strategy to stand up to putin and save lives? tobias ellwood, welcome to hardtalk. nice to see you. you believe that the west should be doing more to help ukraine militarily. what exactly do you want? do you have a blueprint? i dont have a blueprint, but i do believe that we need a change in attitude, a change of direction, a recognition that we have entered a new era of insecurity. ...