the, the so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy even foundation, let it be an arms race is on often very dramatic. the only personally, i'm going to resist, i don't see how that strategy will be successful,

very unclear to get a time time to sit down and talk the hello. i'm into la chan. you're tuned into modus operandi. nato is on a role. a recent change of heart by one member states will now open the door for the accession of sweden into the block. today will examine what this means for the military alliance and for security of europe or even the world. all right, let's get into the m o. the after much consternation and bluster, turkey is reversing. course no longer blocking suite an application to join the so called security alliance. the norfolk state is ending it's centuries old tradition of newt,

reality and joining the us and expanding nato's orders and circling the russian federation. initially sweden was part of a to for deals with its neighbor, finland who shares an 800 mile border with russia, but suspended its bid when it was clear that the turks would flock its application . so when spring 2023 finland was officially added to membership. but by summer after rachel are to want narrowly eat down victory in his re election, did. he had a sudden change of heart critics of ard one say the release of a soft po w's was the 1st lurch into his betrayal of vladimir putin. then came the sweden decision. his moves met with applause by the west. as a thank you from the us or the one will now get new f 16 fighter jets. now to break this all down, we are joined by d. med. taught is a former swiss m, p, a journalist, and author of several books. ruthie oxygen originally in french,

translated to english is russia, west, and most relevant to the issue is unfolding today. a title called europe's existential dilemma to be or not to be an american vassal. do you thank you so much for joining the program. first. what is your general reaction to the news that sweden's bid to join nato is moving forward? the application of freedom to make 2 eyes as being kept for the prepared scenes know dozens and dozens of jobs. so if you look how in the recent uh, just as simple as publications of the russian army has been used to, you know, the mount, the swedish, but the swedish depot against russia, the smoke is now very logical and uh, what's, what was most of passing. what was the law, which is not surprising is the capacity of the turkish

president was used to such, such a move in the past year. but that was for me to really that's a good, self wise motion to pass the time. because it was able to prevent the, the testing process, the application process. most of the sweets, i think it was a progress form from outcome to be able to resist the piece. huge pressure i was made by or, or the member of alternate to do a molten can. now talk to nance. this being said, the recent, this use of taken by turkey to authorize the so you just copy doesn't go head is really in fault. unfortunate because the swedish membership as well as to finish one, was not improve the situate

d or do you walk in content between the green was because what shall we react? and the gain of reactions and counter reactions related to an escalation will defend sons and go to our moments race and to call them to come to 3 and actually use that sort of trips. now we go off for some time now, sweetest application to the block was halted by one country. that country is turkey, richard or the one seemed resolute on his demands that sweden returned several p k k members who his country labels as terrorist. he express outrage over kron burning outside of the turkish embassy and sweden. he was upset with us, kicking him out of the f. 35 joints like, or jet deal. but these are all remarks made while he was campaigning for reelection . now that he's narrowly won the presidency again,

you reverse has course on sweden. is there any coincidence here? did he perhaps betray his voters? yes, i think the doctor's move is difficult to. i'm not. i is because it's too close and we have not the distance to to, to, to come to your doctor for context or for be so we've also a decision. but as you mentioned, so it happened just a few days after the swedish migrant has gone to guam in district default to the embassies a talk you soon bye. see in the instruction and nobody at these uh would have probably a big scale that you, any doctor has provoked at the discount of the, or the rustling, well, well, practiced on the in meters east. and we have seen, for instance, the human rights constituted in geneva in the voting option. imagine.

ready lucian to condemn this act. but despite up the prism of the gun, decided not to consider it. not because the dog got as a glass firm as you used to, to do uh in the bar in the past. but the chance a change is made and decided to ever walk personal, redo queen. busy you received the presidency lensky, re order, or noise in, you know, camera. we decided also to release the. busy as of the deal, and as you know, dates is as low vide slow a rich more, we track the thing in talk to you to reduce them and they. ready would be. ready that there's a header that we talk to to great now. so it was a. ready serious of fits a game to do or games. yes,

the russian violence prod you said i used west balance of stock. so you by june i can explain that that because of the kind of the difficulties of the talk to you. she kind of mean no. you know, i still do use actions, the gun needs to rebuild t z. come to me, then you reach to to get uh more uh, that's a access or to worst on the best then to russian kept because. and that's why use now running off to the west. probably. yeah, because he's hoping to get more rest of the investment in usually come in. that's may be one reason, but there is a 2nd resolve which is not so much experience use in my view.

that's the result of the simplex of turkey. me does use doing piece last month if you look at ca or expense as the outcome, 3 of decide that during the last last survey to have lead to reintegrate c a. yeah. as a for member of the arrived league of because. busy a set back for him to come because now i see a member of the seal of the slicks is free. it recognizes by the solid these by the if you like to use. and so. busy or thought g as last. good good wage. you had torn sense in the properties. if you look russia as brook reward of the council of state security counts, you do the 9th of nations. and now doing donors not add

a cannot have access to it leave. because restaurant and shake hands wish to recover all the food. so any one of these products which was supported by torch and also of the search of the solid. you are what you saw these want interested in seeing these also the. ready the rising or potential wires on to tech. so and for what show the audience read the optic plus for the oil and gas. right. so the i yes up ok. must restart with your web. yeah. you saw more in button 10 in the exchange rate because of the case sense. uh we talking and probably the gum is the feeling that these are protein got used and tries to,

to what to raise the stakes. read the rest on the website and read the washer. on the other side, that's why use a getting tougher. read your shop reset. yes, we definitely do. i shall we sent you. yes. excellent points about getting western capital into his country and. and then losing his upper hand with syria. and what of russia here are, the one has been the sort of counter balance between the west and their action against russia, due to his seat on nato. has he stabbed vladimir putin in the back and does this risk any future renewal of the black sea green deal? i mean, russia says no for now, but maybe later pieces are ready to sit back for the gun because he was the piece blocker. it was the agreement between grant and russia and between russia and the

rest of the country. and it was peaceful because and for him it could be no more important on the income as i've seen. thanks to disagreement. no, it collapse. and it's not the, uh, uh yes, set back for to amber again. but i don't think that the underground use between english in my review, as i said, is, is, is you getting stuff out? yes, of raising the stakes. because uh, we is, uh, really uh to get more from russia from west text where he is, you did read through quinn, but also we'd rush, i don't know, know what is your mission, but you're trying to get some food to. you can not, of you tell your russia, because do you kind of make uh,

a relations between the and, and why shot of 2 important to go to. i mean, for hardly to, to explore, not to rush. i sprang, laptops i eco champ, products to, to, to talk keep was because of during the hundreds of thousands russian are taking or the dues, you know. ready talk to you because now golf would be the. busy when we're supposed to go to the restaurant well, so they go mostly on the right see cost and darky. and also there is the new gap let you know which was a new great by recently. and you. ready just new talk was based by washin uh verizon sort of project. uh huh. orland gosh for ducky to to create is very important to talk between. we did the stuff and. ready your 10 countries and

that's important was those types of the kind of because you but strategy credit you for fall. so i think considering all these elements a advercum, we not to break not work to relate. let's say really the release of. ready rush you reply to keep a balance to be the yes to be the, the full care of the. busy piece to be the balancing power between both the region between the west and east, but is trying to, to improve it to improve it's fuzzy. so that's why you know, uh uh, increasing the tensions. ready we was inviting, coming up next, the united states calls russia, and expansion is empire over its action in ukraine. is that really the case?

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russian states never is as tight as one of the most sense community best. most all sense and up in the system must be the one else calls question about this, even though we will then in the european union, the kremlin mission, the state on the russians cruising and split the ortiz vote net keeping our video agency roughly all the band on youtube tv services, for what question did you say a request, which is the

that the says is that how much is panel? well, no, i'm not the so i'm not fixing that amount of money. was avoid the mistake dental to share because i've already, if you need another chance. no, but i want you to do policy and political nissan to look really nice. i did was i ask whom one can easy the last and the e might know the import us when you might need to allow for us. i to vicki disability. i sent you over the on may off for us the on the would you put it on the financial, but again, it should be new sheets i have completed offers cool lot. but just showing you might remember that you know, the number one, let me know you got the like motor home phone service made to also on the bottom left. once back on my leg, i pretty soon despair. i make all it,

i have to go where i'm going about doing that. i mean a lot better and i figured they've done with being picked up to. i've been in the past on the phone. what was your shift? so you have to renew the money. don't songs, you know, mid thank you m. when you're in the room, you will get onto to ship. tesla said i am pushing, pull up on the the welcome back to the m o. m l. a chance. after the latest nato's summit in vilnius, some numbers appear to question the us amendment to the block. with nato even exist without united states, back with us to discuss is warmer, switch m, p, and author of europe's existential dilemma. to be or not to be an american vassal, mr. game, it all. so game outside of these western narratives, according to russia and much of the global south expansion of nato,

is precisely why there is conflict in ukraine now. broken promises by the us that nato would not expand even one inch to the east, the broken or perhaps even false. michel courts. yet, just a few months ago we see finish accession to the block without much objection by russia. and now we will probably see sweden, russia's entire western border is surrounded by nato. does this actually make the world safer, or does this perhaps risk world war 3? no, i don't think the expensive. they to continue longer. and so we didn't. we increased the security of the country. i think it was some of the security situation in europe and not the lead drop but well, can do well. uh because uh,

don't forget that russia is. ready power and the risk of escalation or the risk of that. and actually the general and the purple, purple button queen, for instance, people being grocery shopping was young. nuclear o clock or something like that. it could be any kind of true publication can be use you know, to poke such or is it such a wall or maybe or fill out a little well. busy um, but uh that's why i think this 36 pension is very me get you get to my point of view but. busy let's, let's see, i hope this was never happened and that's the and the drop in the new york and he does receive their headquarters and provide such

as conditions. i don't why if we could not have any more your thoughts or the directions between us? yes, the good felt uh, well. ready oh, really happen. so other than it's geographical location or, you know, proximity to russia. what else to sweden bring to the nato table? i mean, what do they have to offer the block? why does the block, once done? i think there is to uh, 2 different case, i think in terms of military, if we speak about the military, i don't think the swedish contribution to the need to repeat this is i don't think i agree, it would strengthen the items, but this is uptake and yes, so somebody have to divide the call to hunting 3 fonts are not on fonts to center font and cell phones, phones sounds good. sounds really isn't in theory,

but you increase the the call to nation tasks. you 3 and also increase your risk off me. so i'm just thinking between 2 or 3 pause and g to you, i uh, where is the cost of working to goodrow? so really tell me, are you speaking to getting log and uh, and then the street to the ideas is not a big deal. but we have to cross the gold perfect because the sides of the thing of this expansion. and that's probably because sense. i think it was a big success because of the big successful. i mean, we go for the night. it's. ready to be able to extend the, the ideas to, to smoke of countries and especially to sweden, which was, seems essential is north country. so in terms of soap opera and in terms

of just pretty, uh, pretty nice. it's a success. any expense, some good because you go as a sexes and you to a special your success because um, it has all the piece a queen, a fab since well now 15 months as uh, as a very good fortune for united states to western eyes. you all can countries, no, uh, not on the tribe you should know the rest of your countries. oh, because as you know, uh because it became a be cable by size of the united states. but also the domain brows, lactose redone. and if you knew that there were the you to grant

evans and that decided to buy them services to become best thoughts. and i think that's for america because it was a big deal. it has been a big party to party because success to be able to do that. and that's why i've talked to the yes because somebody. busy present by been decided to visit the general because for the last uh, because it's always a big pleasure to pay a visit to ease a sub sal going to sleep. and as. busy finish the scenes, people decide to join the i just buy them sundays because i then just to be joy bridge right for me to pay a visit to the dentist to sell how they would accept or to be less allows them down during the slightest nato summit. in lithuania,

there seemed to be a small level of consternation among member states about the u. s. commitment to nato. there was all this talk about. if donald trump were to prevail in the us 2024 elections. there's this year that he might withdraw the us from the block as he threatened to do so in his 1st presidency. are those spears legitimate? and what would the alliance even look like without seeing us? this feels really, really happened one day. i cannot do my job much, i need to, we don't do us and i cannot imagine natal. busy because need to use the u. s. a and the us use. busy the need to i so i don't mean to come, you don't, if he's elected, we leave late to you is why we try to why is the cost for the you up?

yes, you really like to get more money from you. busy guys, back to you as you try to charge us a good when you. ready space it does, but the rest you know that so much invest in west side to europe in a countries to russell. busy do you need to countries that there was never about the nature because the need talk is the tour in the us, you know, the to keep that group on under your pet and comforting them. and that's why you then it's plugged into the that the president of the next year you're not. busy the. ready ready the audience you reply to, to where is the stakes, but the written documents and you know, you have or so or to consider that tongue is also an impact. yeah,

this is also available to us. they do, but. busy you to look at to slow down make. i mean, we can't wait to greet. it's a little bit like the by the slow down either. so got it was west or? yeah, i mean, we can either make america great to get why 2 big grant again, just in order to be to, to make united states more able to do. i mean, they do well. there are the depressed between you look for us as the dream to go to all the work and we can present this, such as reagan or do so i as an hour where as we saw folks where as all the companies and all the subjects, uh, as much as the democrats, so there was, there were no big difference between what you can and democrats, president, you went to court. no, it's always took the case to pay the honestly, the press between trump and biden is that trump as well for trump.

china is the main wife side by side. that is your priority site sign that has to be defeated has to be defeated and give you a cop in the fall. the democrats, the, they want to display russia before after china. but in the case of time was to dc china and after you think was shelby's collapse by lights, and that's the only difference. differential priorities. let's not put your trends of good g made. tom, thank you so much for that. in great analysis. thanks your to your, the resume on the best. all right, that is going to do it for this episode of modus operandi, to show that dig deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host manila chan. thank you for tuning and we'll see you again next time to figure out the m. o

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