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>> thanks for having me. i think we started to see a rea evolution in chinas approach the ongoing crisis in ukraine and increasingly recognition in beijing that they are dangerously exposed to western sanctions. as a result what i would expect over the next few weeks is increasing calls from beijing o a mediated settlement settlemen and i think im going to see increasing pressure from the united states on china pretty much say if you cross the line, if you skirt the sanctions, chinese financial ...

Would be a violation of the vienna convention. >> what can be done if russia, who now seems to be intent on indiscriminately bombing civilians in ukraine, is now also in violation of the conventions? do we have leverage to rectify that? >> well, its the vienna convention in this case, but theres very little leverage. we have very little leverage vis-a-vis russia diplomatically right now, and what they can do is they can file a de marche, but theres very little recourse given the relationship rig...

Happening almost for sure is theyre getting intelligence support. and when i mean by that is the chinese intelligence services security services were almost for certain providing information to help the russians in terms of their campaign inside ukraine, but also in dealing with the united states and the eu. even though as you said, theyre trying to distance themselves from the atrocities happening in ukraine, their number one priority still is to keep u.s. busy, to knock the u.s. off of the lea...

They want to at this point zblcht you write, the u.s. needs a more robust approach to cases like these. i want to know what that looks like. based on your own experience, when the u.s. treads lightly, what message does that send? >> first i think we have to come out vociferously and say these people are being held unjustly. in the case of brittney griner, there is still a lot of information to be gathered. and i dont think the u.s. government has made the indication shes necessarily a wrongful d...

Astonish that shes still so bad at this. she seems to be in a perpetual state of nervous breakdown i cannot understand it. we all knew shefts she was in way over her and head and shouldnt be near leverage of power certainly not near any kind of sensitive diplomatic negotiations unlike what she was with poland and with romanian president just a couple of days ago. and you know whats bad enough when she makes hash of domestic issues. but when shes in the middle of issues of war and peace and life ...

Want to talk to their american counterpart because they are talking from a position of disadvantage. they go to great extent to choreograph any discussions or interface that you have with them to make them appear to be from a position of leverage. >> bill: i just want to pull this quote from the "wall street journal." let ukraine go on offense against russia. to our viewers at home check out this piece. the key line that i find. zelenskyy wants to go on the offensive. the more territory his forc...

Unreliable, its prove to broken province -- including the budapest memorandum, which we saw. so would be suicidal for ukraine to accept it. and theyve demonstrated the capacity to fight. the question, is will we be strong enough and not intimidated by putin to send all of the arms ukrainians need in a timely fashion? because we havent done such a good job thus far in that respect. >> do you think, sir, that we should, the u.s. and the west, be willing to remove sanctions on vladimir putin if he ...

Lessons xi is taking away from what appears to be putins overreach? >> the biggest is not from russia. its about china itself. russia is in decline. putin had to make this move because it was the best possibility environment hell be in, the most leverage hell have thinking tact future. china is not a country in decline. theyre building military capabilities, will likely be the largest economy in the world in 2030. that is three generations behind the americans and semiconductors right now, but d...

Relationships between the u.s. and the country is theyre doing this. whether its russia, iran, china, venezuela, or even some allies, saudi arabia, turkey, egypt, all of these countries have taken citizens and help them hostages in recent years. and then there has to be actual, credible deterrence on the back and, to make this kind of hostage taking harder for governments to do in the future, to make them think twice about making americans, you know, political leverage in their negotiations with...

While talking to lavrov today, will once again reiterate indias stand and request for cessation of violence in that region. so clearly, india is remaining neutral for now. but theres been a whole string of top leaders from different countries who have been coming into india in the last two weeks to three weeks trying to pile pressure on india. but for now, india is holding its part. john. >> we appreciate that. thank you. india not the only player refusing to denounce the russian invasion. chi...