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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 neutrality and joining the us and expanding nato's orders and circling the russian federation. initially sweden was part of a to for deal 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 2020 free 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 tom. he is a former swiss m p, a journalist and author of several books. lucy, oxygen originally in french, translated to english, is russia west, and most relevant to the issues 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, to as being as being kept for, do you prepare the scenes? no, doesn't, doesn't, or yes. 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 people against russia, the smoke is now very logical. uh, what, what was most of pressing? what was the last which is more surprising is the capacity of the turkish president wizards to such and such a move in the past year. but that was for me to real. that's a good sell price. offered to pass the time because it was able to prevent the,

the testing process the application process. busy of the, of the sweets i think it was a progress for my, from outcome to be able to resist the piece. huge pressure i was made by or, or the member of alternate to do a mall 1010. the now dropped in. that's just being said, the recent, this use of taken by talk g 2 or for wise to 3. describe the does it go ahead is really in fault, unfortunate because the swedish membership as well as the finish one, was not improved to situate the content on the 3 the green was because what shall we react and to gain of reactions and counter reactions really to and this condition will defend sons and go to our moments res,

uh, into call him to continue to actually use that sort of trapped. 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 levels as terrorist. he express outrage over kron burning outside of the turkish embassy and sweden. he was upset with the us, kicking him out of the f, 35 joint stripe or jet deal. but these are all remarks made while he was campaigning for re election. 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 another because it's too close and we have

not the distance to, to, to, to come to your doctor for context or for abuse, a reversal or decision. but as you mentioned, so it happened just a few days after this reduced migrant is gone to guam in district default to the in buses or talk you soon by see in the instruction. and normally, this would have probably been a big scale that you've already talked to. it has proven to be strong about new or the bustling well well practiced on the images used. and we have seen, for instance, the human rights constituted in geneva in the voting auction in emergency. ready room to condemn these act. but despite the presence of the gun decided not to consider. it's not to cross the dog. got as

a glass firm as you used to to do uh in the bought in the pastor. but you change it. change is made and decided to ever rot personal, redo queen. busy you received the presidency lensky, re order, or nose in, you know, camera. we decided also to release the. busy as of the new and that's the new and eighty's as of right. so originally we track the thing into our key 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 see a yes or fixed again, there are games. yes. the russian violence prod you still on the east west balance of turkey. so you, by june, i can explain that that because of the kind of the difficulties of the talk you,

she kind of me know now after the elections, the gun needs to rebuild t z economy and you research to, to get more move. that's a access to worst on investment to. busy kept because and that's why you're now running off to the west. probably. yeah, because he's hoping to get more rest of the investment in just because 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 during piece last month if you look at ca or expense as the rock country and beside that

during the last last. so need to have lead to reintegrate seals. yeah. as a for member of the league of because a set back for him to come because now the show. yeah. easy. remember if the seal of the slicks is free or wake up nice by the solid, these by the right to use. and so. busy so thought g as last. good. the leverage you had, for instance, in the properties you look russia as brooke was up to the council of state security counts, you do the night, the nations and now doing so nice. not add a cannot have access to it leave because restaurants and shutdowns wish to we cover all the food. so when the t one piece propagates,

which was supported by torch to and also the search of the solid, you are web, you saudis, on the internet. and then she use also the. ready the rising or potential wires on for the key. so and for what show the audience read the optic plus for the oil in cost. right? so the up or pick rest. we'd solve your web. yeah. you saw more in button 10. any extra hands with the color, the k sense. uh we talk. i'm probably hell to come. use shooting dot these opposing dot use 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 uh, getting to for a 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, this is the set, my cool younger gun because he was the piece blocker was the agreement between grant and russia and between russia and the rest of the country. and of course, he's the course and for him, but it could be no more important on the income as i've seen.

thanks to disagreement. no, it collapse. and it's another, uh, uh, yes, set back for to amazon. but i don't think that the gun is between russia inmate view, as i said, is the usage is getting stuff out. yes. or raising the stakes. because uh, he is willing to uh, to get more from russia from west text where he is. you did. ready through quinn, but also we'd rush, i don't know. now what is your machine, but you're trying to get something. you cannot of you for your washer, because do you kind of make uh, a release on the printer and, and why show up to boston? so, i mean for hardly turturro exploits not to wash. i sprang laptops i eco

chunk products to to, to talk keep was because of to waste hundreds of thousands russian are taking or the days in the. ready talk to you because now. busy off would be the because when was for the going to go to the restaurant? well, so they go mostly on the right seat cost and darky. and also there is the new cap left to go, which was a new great by recently. and you just, you talk was based by washin. uh there is also a group project. uh huh. orland gosh for ducky to to create is very important to talk between the dead easter and. ready ready 10 countries and that's important was those types of the kind of because you but strategy could you call fault talking. so i think considering all these elements a algorithm really not to break,

not work to relate. let's say really the release of. ready rush, you're quite to keep the balance to be the yes to be the, the, the full care of the piece to be the balancing power between both the region between the west and east. but he's trying to, to improve it to improve it's fuzzy. so that's why you know, uh uh, increasing the tensions. ready was in by coming up next, the united states calls russia, and expansion is empire over its action in ukraine. was that really the case? we'll discuss it when we return with the me. tom said type the m o will be right back. the

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the welcome back to the m o m l, a chance. after the latest nato 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 at 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. the 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 finished accession to the block without much objection by russia. and now we will probably see sweden rushes 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 that's good. expensive nate, good continued on the industry that will increase the security of the country. i think it was some of the security situation in europe and not to new york, 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 approval pro, booked by queen, for instance. people being grocery shopping was you're looking at 1 o'clock or something like that. it's good. any kind of true publication can be use, you know,

go to hallmark, search of yours such a well made you. i said, i'll do. let's talk well, watch um, but uh, that's why i think this, this expansion just bear with me and you got, you got to use my point of view. but let's, let's see. i hope this was never happened. and that's uh and does your piano or do you all, can you just re keep her there? all right, cool. and provide such as conditions. i don't. why don't we could not have any more your thoughts in the directions between us? yes, the good felt. ready well, what really happened? 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 you in terms of military, the 1st speaker about the military. i don't think the swedish contribution to the need to repeat this is i don't think i agree that it reads tank than the items. but this is uptake a video, so some, it's up to divide the call to hunting 3 fonts. you bought them fonts to the center font and the 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 of me. so i'm just standing between 2 or 3 pause. and due to you, i raise the cost of working to goodrow. so really tell you speaking to get seem long and, and then the street the in the audience is not

a big deal. but that we have to go see the cost side 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 that's. ready to be able to extend the, the ideas to, to smell some countries and especially to sweeten, which was, seems to essential is another truck country. so in terms of soap opera and in terms of just party but it looks 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 up queen. okay. ive since uh now 15 months as uh, as

a very good option for united states to west sunrise. you all can countries no. uh, not totally the tradition of the rest of your countries. oh, because as you know, uh because uh, became uh be cable by size of the united states. but also the domain because uh, lactose redone. and the finished day, there were the you to grant the evidence and the decided to buy it then suddenly is to become the sides. 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, the summit present by been decided too busy to get it all because for the last

uh because it's always a big pleasure to based on this. it is a sub cell gym, the slave. and as we'll go finish the genes people decide to join the i just by them said these because. ready i then just to be joy bridge, right for me to pay a visit to dentist to ok. so how that i would accept or to be less allows. now, during this latest nato summit, in lithuania, there seemed to be a small level of consternation among member states about the new west commitment to nato. there was all this talk about. if donald trump were to prevail in the us 2024 elections. there is this year that he might withdraw the us from the block as he threatened to do in his 1st presidency or those fears legitimate. and what would

the alliance even look like without seeing us. this feels really. busy really happened one day, i cannot be much that much, i need to read out to us and i cannot imagine nate to. busy because need to use the u. s. a and to us is. busy good, nate to i so i don't mean to come even if he's evicted. we leave late to you is why we try to, why is the cost for the you up? yes, you really try to get more money from your dns. but as he tries the 4 years ago when he was president, but the rest you know that so much invest westside to european countries. busy do you need to countries that there were never a bunch of nato because they got used to, or the of the us, you know, the,

to keep that group on under your pet and comforting them up. 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 2 ways, the stakes, but the reason that you and you know you have or so or to consider that tongue is also an impact. yeah he's, he's 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. i just was westhal. yeah, i mean we can either make america great again. why too big grant again, just to know the, to be to, to make united states more able to do. i mean,

they do well. there are the depress between you to look for us as the dream, to quote all the work. and we can present such as reagan, or do show i as an hour where as we saw folks where as all the companies and all the subjects 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 the case today. you only do press between trunk and biden. is that trump as well for trump? china is the main. why the side by side, that is your priority site sign that has to be defeated has to be defeated in good view of the top in the fall, the democrats, the, they want to display russia before, after china,

which 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, but the transfer of goods of the mess hall. thank you so much for that in great analysis. thank you. enter your research on the best. all right, that is going to do it for this episode of modus operandi the show that dig deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host manila trans. thank you for tuning in. we'll see you again next time to figure out the m. o, the

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